How every child can thrive by five | Molly Wright

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🗓️ 1 January 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of play on lifelong learning, behavior and well-being, sharing effective strategies to help all kids thrive by the age of five. She's joined onstage by one-year-old Ari and his dad, Amarjot, who help illustrate her big ideas about brain science. (This TED Talk was produced in collaboration with Minderoo Foundation as an educational tool for parents and caregivers around the world and is supported by UNICEF.)

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Elise Hugh. You're listening to TED Talks Daily. I have seen a lot of TED Talks as host of this show. So I have some authority when I say that today's speaker really blew me away. And she's not even in the third grade. In her 2021 talk, seven-year-old Molly Wright breaks down the research-backed ways parents
0:23.3	can play with children to set them up with skills they'll need for the rest of their lives.
0:28.4	She's joined on stage by her neighbors, one-year-old baby Ari, and his dad, Amajat, who helps
0:33.9	illustrate her big ideas about brain science. This TED Talk was produced in collaboration with the Mindaroo Foundation and the UN
0:40.9	as an educational tool for new parents around the world.
0:46.2	What if I was to tell you that a game of peekaboo could change the world?
0:55.7	Sounds impossible, right?
0:58.4	Well, I'm here today to prove it's not.
1:03.1	Hi, I'm Molly and I'm Simon, and this is my little friend, Ari.
1:07.3	Say hi, Ari.
1:09.6	Hi.
1:10.2	Hi.
1:11.7	Oh, and this is my neighbour, Amajok.
1:15.3	My talk today is about some powerful things who grown-ups can do.
1:19.0	They shape us as children and the adults we become.
1:23.0	How do I know?
1:23.9	Because my parents and people around me did them them early and often. I know not all kids
1:30.5	are as lucky. Some of my friends, some kids at my school and many around the world. And I would
1:37.1	really like to help change that. Thanks to scientists, we now know just how important the first five years are for our health and development.
1:47.8	Especially our brains, Ari started learning long before he was even born from inside his mummy's tummy.
1:55.1	When Ari was born, he was tiny and he cried all the time. He was always hungry, and he pooped a lot. Now he
2:08.7	laughs and giggles and makes funny noises, but those are just the changes we hear and see. There's way
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