Pandemic babies are behind. Years of stress, isolation have affected their brain development

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Pandemic babies are behind. Years of stress, isolation have affected their brain development
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Stress pandemic babies have absorbed at a time when their brains are developing at a faster rate than any other point in the human experience.

by more than 10% from its pre-pandemic levels. By comparison, the average decline among all sectors was 2%.

Tutoring demand has grown across the board, but at Sylvan and other centers, the biggest surge has been among children in the prekindergarten-2 levels. “Every parent thinks their child is the smartest child ever, and I firmly believe that she's super intelligent,” she said. "I didn't even realize how challenging it was until she started daycare," Parra-Grooms said, reflecting on the emotional exhaustion and logistical headaches of raising and educating a toddler during the pandemic."It doesn't get easier -- it just changes. And when you get comfortable is usually when it changes," she said."I've had that at the back of my mind ever since.

Nylah has learned to be defiant, Mahurin explains, and how to manipulate adults around her. She’s discovered how to get what she wants, in particular from her grandparents. Nylah has a lot of temper tantrums and a tendency of “lashing out.” Later, as she leaves, Mahurin fights back tears. It’s the end of an era: the last visit with Pauley. Now that Nylah is 3, she's no longer eligible for the program.

They were more likely to lose loved ones and their jobs, to deal with hardship after hardship, making routine out of reach. For many, the emotional and financial stress grew exponentially as their ability to buffer dropped, enabling stressors to saturate their babies’ spongey brains.

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