TED TALKS

 TED TALKS

Hi, in today's blog post, I will show you some interesting TED Talks about children. Indeed, I chose two different TED Talks about subjects that have an impact on children's lives. Then, I will summarize the TED talks to catch your intention and incite you to watch them.

HOW DOES INCOME AFFECT CHILDHOOD BRAIN DEVELOPMENT?

This TED Talk explains how income can have a considerable impact on children's performance at school. In fact, it assumes that there is a link between family income and children's brain structure. As a matter of fact, this article says that a child that comes from a higher income home is more likely to have a larger cortical surface, so a higher intelligence. With this in mind, children living in poverty have more chances to struggle with vocabulary, reading, and self-control. Actually, the TED Talk mentioned that a child who lives in a disadvantaged family has approximately 60% chance of having lower cognitive scores than other children. However, we understand throughout the video that experience changes our brain. As a matter of fact, we could work to change a child's brain by targeting the difficult circumstances associated with poverty to promote brain development. So, if you want to know more about the efforts we should make to help those children, you should listen to this talk.

The speaker of this talk is Kimberly Noble. She is a neuroscientist and a pediatrician. She leads the Baby's First Year study. In fact, she studies, with economists, how socioeconomic inequality affects children's cognitive, emotional, and brain development. She is also a Professor of Neuroscience and Education at Columbia University. 

A GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

This TED Talk has mature content that can affect some people personally. Indeed, it talks about violence against children and what we could do to end it. There are one billion children who experience violence in their lives, so we need to do something. In fact, it takes all of us to change the course of humanity. The speaker really believes we have an opportunity to make a difference. Indeed, he says that there are more and more countries that are engaged to end violence. The TED Talk explains that we should support parents, educate society, apply legislations and create support services. These are all actions we should do in order to end this horror children have to live with. If you want to do your part, you should listen to this excellent talk to learn more about your responsibility in that global issue.

The TED Talk's speaker is Howard Taylor. He is an executive director of the Global Partnership to end violence against children. He has lived in Africa, Asia, Europe, and in the US. He is especially involved in improving the lives of millions of children all around the globe. He has led a global foundation, established a social enterprise, built government teams and led global partnerships. 

TED Talks sources:

NOBLE, Kimberly. How Does Income Affect Childhood Brain Developpement, (site consulted on 2021-09-19), [online], https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberly_noble_how_does_income_affect_childhood_brain_development#t-681320

TAYLOR, Howard. A Global Initiative to End Violence Against Children, (site consulted on 2021-09-19), [online], https://www.ted.com/talks/howard_taylor_a_global_initiative_to_end_violence_against_children#t-648484

Images sources: 

SWAMINATHAN, Shriya. Veg News, (site consulted on 2021-09-25), [online], https://vegnews.com/2021/1/20-inspiring-vegan-ted-talks-to-watch-right-now