Green August is the month of awareness of the phase considered by science the most important of human development
Summary
Green August strengthens the importance of early childhood, highlighted by experts and legislation, such as the crucial phase for human development and the focus of public policies in Brazil.
According to science, the early years of childhood are the most important moments of human life. It is during the phase that the brain is built as it interacts with everything around it. There are more than one million neural connections that occur every second, according to UNICEF, the United Nations childhood background. This rhythm never repeats itself.
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However, according to the experts listened to by EarthThe quality of the first experiments can determine the entire physical, motor and cognitive trajectory of the child and will constitute the base for adulthood. This moment is called early childhood and August-Noto as a green August-is dedicated to strengthening its importance.
What is early childhood?
Early childhood is the period from birth to six years. According to the information of the Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation, about 90% of the brain is at this moment. Therefore, everything that happens around children and children, which includes food and treatments received or neglected directly with this development.
What are the essential care at this stage?
Studies show that children and children who receive full care in early childhood have more physical and mental health for life, as well as better learning conditions and more professional opportunities.
Mariana Luz, CEO of Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation, informs that each child must be served five essential dimensions: education, health, safety, presence of parents and economic resources. According to the expert, the absence of these elements interrupts development.
“There are 1 million connections per second, which need food, need quality education, basic health care”, underlines Luz, which also mentions the importance of positive parental practices, such as “training and training of stimuli” from conversations and games.
What are the social impacts?
In addition to the impacts on the life of future adults, early childhood treatments can have social and even economic impacts, as Mary Cecilia Sauto Vidigal Foundation points out.
- According to James Heckman, winner of the Nobel Economy prize in 2000, every $ 1 dollar invested in early childhood generates an annual performance of $ 7 in the country; AND
- The World Bank provides that the Brazilian GDP could be 158% higher if the country’s children could develop their abilities to the maximum.
What does Brazilian legislation say on this age group?
Children and adolescents are seen as bearers of rights, according to article 227 of the federal Constitution, regulated by the minor and adolescent statute of 1990. They must receive, with absolute priority, conditions of full development and protection of the family and society.
In March 2016, early childhood received a new recognition before the Brazilian law. Law no. 13,257 established the recognition of the importance of the phase and established the development of principles and guidelines for the formulation and implementation of public policies aimed at early childhood.
Law no. 14.617/2023 established the month of August as the month of early childhood, called Green August. In 2024, the legal framework suffered a change to include the national policy of specialized educational care for children from zero to three years (early attention), with law no. 14,880.
This year, the President of the Republic, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, together with the Minister of Education, Camilo Santana, launched the national policy for integrated childhood (Pnipi). The initiative, which will be coordinated by the Ministry of Education (MEC), aims to guarantee protection, full development and complete exercise of children’s rights from 0 to 6 years.
What is August green?
Green August is the month dedicated to the awareness of early childhood, which is already in its third year. The campaign aims to promote actions in a national way on the importance of the phase, which is considered the most important of human development.
Source: Terra
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