The Brain Architects

The Brain Architects is the Center on the Developing Child’s original podcast. Our conversations explore emerging science in early childhood development, as well as strategies and policy solutions for supporting young children and their caregivers.

In partnership with leading experts from across early childhood and beyond, we examine how the conditions where children live, grow, play, and learn shape their physical and mental health and well-being.

Recent episodes dive into the critical role of a child’s environment of relationships and influences from their broader environment, such as access to clean air, safe drinking water, the availability of safe, stable housing in shaping their development and lifelong health. Recognizing these influences are not distributed equally or fairly, our panelists consider strategies for working towards fairness across places, so all children have access to supportive developmental environments.

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