Prospective parents should be tested for #emotionalintelligence !

Yes since clearly half the US population is brain dead.

agreed

First 18 months show the most impact of parental engagement, and when synaptic pruning takes place. By 18 months there can be a 6 month developmental difference between babies who have had more and those with less engagement. This is of most concern in lower SEC demographics.

I'd be very careful about this. I was in early childhood educator for 8 years. Much of the concerned directed at 5 year olds about having to read was simply parental neuroses. Children at that age certainly do need to be stimulated.

...but certainly NOT in the manner of a fearful competitiveness.

Yes, and kids are being medicalized, from the age of 3, as the tranz craze has swept the nation. Big pharma will say anything to make a profit.

Agreed, and perhaps be used to reduce the amount of mothers forced into full time work, helping to nurture more emotionally well children.

Super rich do that now. Following the proven method used my John Suart Mills father. All super possible now - right from the crib. Program the mind from 0-5 with best educators. They know it but capitalism thrives on a population that can't understand subtlety. Hard & sad truth.

Great! Let's put a mask on those pesky fuckers for 8 hours a day, teach them "social distancing" sans evidence, make them sanitize everything including themselves and have them believe their very breath and presence is nothing more than a disease vector.