Our brains are so marvelous, that 73 countries around the
world are celebrating “Brain Awareness Week” starting today. Neuroscience has given us so many new
insights into our brains and why we are who we are and do what we do. This new brain science is at the heart of the
No parenting strategies. Children learn self-discipline by using their
brains and we have learned that the brain’s growth spurts during childhood and
adolescence are key times to help kids learn the character traits they need for
success.
We now know that the brain neurons (brain cells) that fire
together, wire together. Children’s
brains are literally wired mainly as a result of the experiences they have
during the formative years of their lives.
If we do not balance the More, Easy, Fast, Fun experiences that our
media-driven world gives to children with lessons of self-discipline, our kids
will not have the tools they need to succeed.
We here at the National Institute on Media and the Family
will celebrate Brain Awareness Week this week by putting the finishing touches
on our soon to be released Brain Power
video. I was very excited to work on
this video with the help of our friends at Pixel Farm Interactive because I
give an inside tour of a developing child’s brain, complete with neurons firing
and wiring together. Together we explore
the newest information from neuroscience on the development of children’s
brains right up through adolescence.
Watch our website and soon you’ll get directed to a release of the video
on You Tube, as well as info on where to find it in our Store.
If you’d like to learn more about Brain Awareness Week see http://brainweek.dana.org/, including
links to Brainy Kids at http://www.dana.org/resources/brainykids/
and Neuroscience for Kids at http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html.
