Quality Programs Especially Helpful for Boys

"A powerful new study — which demonstrated long-term results by following children from birth until age 35 — found that high-quality care during the earliest years can influence whether both mothers and children born into disadvantage lead more successful lives. The study was led by James J. Heckman, a Nobel laureate economist at the University of Chicago." So writes Claire Cain Miller in a New York Times article.

"'They're engaged more in the work force, they’re now active participants of society, they’re more educated, they have higher skills,' Mr. Heckman said. ‘So what we’ve done is promoted mobility across generations.'"

Miller goes on the explain, "In their mid-30s, men who attended the program [studied] were 33 percent less likely to be drug users, had fewer misdemeanor arrests and were less likely to have high blood pressure. The conclusion that boys benefited more than girls meshes with other research findings that boys are more sensitive to disadvantage and responsive to intervention."

Source: "How Child Care Enriches Mothers and Especially the Sons they Raise" by Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, April 20, 2017

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