Season 4, Episode 50 - Prescribing books: How early literacy builds healthy brains
Is reading as important to a child’s health as excersise or nutrition? In this episode of Quality Time, host Laura Cady sits down with Dr. Karla Lester, a pediatrician and author, who believes the answer is a resounding "YES". Dr. Karla Lester views literacy as a vital health indicator, prescribing what she calls a "daily dose of reading books" to support a child's cognitive and social-emotional health. Karla offers advice to parents to meet children where they are, even if that means letting a kiddo flip through pages or babble along rather than finishing the story.
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