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I followed a link connecting to a link under policy and advocacy, talking about poverty declining but how its still affect early brain connections. I found this link interesting because this is the first time in years that the poverty rate for children has dropped below 20 percent. "that means 168,000 fewer infants and toddlers lived in poverty last year than in 2015" (Cole, 2017). Under this article were many other relating articles about putting babies and there needs into the policy picture. Although my recent newsletter was not about the poverty of children, it was more so focused on children and how exploring their bodies is normal. Questions like, "what do you tell your child their private parts are came up" and answers were telling them the correct name which is true because God forbid anything happen to a child and they don't know the proper name to their private area it wont hold up in a court of law.
My website did have information about school readiness, "Making the most of early learning moments can be the difference between a fragile beginning and a strong start at school" (ZerotoThree, 2017). Along with this I learned how important it is for children to build social emotional skills in order to add to their school readiness. 
References 
Cole, P. (2017). Poverty Declines, But Still Affects Trillions of Early Brain Connections. Retrieved from https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/2044-poverty-declines-but-still-affects-trillions-of-early-brain-connections
ZerotoThree.(2017). School Readiness. Retrieved from https://www.zerotothree.org/early-learning/school-readiness

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