{"id":473,"date":"2013-11-15T20:54:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/?p=473"},"modified":"2013-11-15T20:54:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:54:06","slug":"early-childhood-education-the-only-real-solution-to-poverty-and-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/early-childhood-education-the-only-real-solution-to-poverty-and-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Childhood Education – The Only Real Solution to Poverty and Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This picture is crinkled because The Sunday Review section of The New York Times traveled with me back from Los Angeles on a recent business trip. I took it with me because I agreed with Nicholas Kristof’s perspective<\/a> on early intervention so much. As I have mentioned before, I worked at a Head Start Program (Federally mandated preschool for economically disadvantaged children) for three years in the late 90’s. I found the cycle of poverty, poor education, violence, and neglect among these children profoundly disturbing. What many middle upper class people don’t realize how far behind these children fall at such early ages and how much their emotional intelligence is impacted in early childhood. The Oklahoma experiment with mandated preschool for all four year olds and education for overwhelmed mothers sounds wonderful. I hope it succeeds and provides a model for other states!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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