Jill Stamm

1. Jill Stamm is a Professor at ASU who has been doing research on the nurture side of brain development. She has written a series of books about the importance of people contact with babies. She says that T.V. and all the programs like "Little Einsteins" are not as important as time with your child.
2. This will bring parents back to the fundamentals of child raising. Like Dr. Stamm said, that the things like eye contact and attention are vital to young infants. In her words, she said "babies don't need things, they need people." We have to remember that we can not ignore our children and expect that a television will make up for the attention that we are not giving them.
3. This is especially important for teachers to understand. That we can not expect that our students will receive the learning and attention they need from reading a text book or watching a video. They need personal interaction from the teacher. They need to feel cared for and loved in order for their brain to develop and retain what they learn in the classroom.