Love and peace across generations: Biobehavioral systems and global partnerships

James F. Leckman, M.D., Ph.D.; Liliana Angelica Ponguta, M.P.H., Ph.D.; Gabriela Pavarini, M.Phil., Ph.D.; Sascha D. Hein, Ph.D.; Michael F. McCarthy, M.A.; Haifa Staiti; Suna Hanöz-Penney, M.A., M.P.A.; Joanna Rubinstein, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Kyle D. Pruett, M.D.; M. Yanki Yazgan, M.D.; N. Shemrah Fallon; Franz J. Hartl, J.D.; Margalit Ziv, Ph.D.; Rima Salah, Ph.D.; Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D.; Siobhán Fitzpatrick, C.B.E., M.B.A., M.S.S.C., C.Q.S.W., B.Sc.; Catherine Panter-Brick, Ph.D.

Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology (Nov 2021)

Love and peace across generations: Biobehavioral systems and global partnerships

James F. Leckman, M.D., Ph.D.,
Liliana Angelica Ponguta, M.P.H., Ph.D.,
Gabriela Pavarini, M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Sascha D. Hein, Ph.D.,
Michael F. McCarthy, M.A.,
Haifa Staiti,
Suna Hanöz-Penney, M.A., M.P.A.,
Joanna Rubinstein, D.D.S., Ph.D.,
Kyle D. Pruett, M.D.,
M. Yanki Yazgan, M.D.,
N. Shemrah Fallon,
Franz J. Hartl, J.D.,
Margalit Ziv, Ph.D.,
Rima Salah, Ph.D.,
Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D.,
Siobhán Fitzpatrick, C.B.E., M.B.A., M.S.S.C., C.Q.S.W., B.Sc.,
Catherine Panter-Brick, Ph.D.

Affiliations

James F. Leckman, M.D., Ph.D.: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Ethox Centre, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Corresponding author.
Liliana Angelica Ponguta, M.P.H., Ph.D.: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
Gabriela Pavarini, M.Phil., Ph.D.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Ethox Centre, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Sascha D. Hein, Ph.D.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
Michael F. McCarthy, M.A.: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Warner School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Haifa Staiti: Empathy for Peace, Toronto, Canada
Suna Hanöz-Penney, M.A., M.P.A.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), Istanbul, Turkey
Joanna Rubinstein, D.D.S., Ph.D.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Paris, France
Kyle D. Pruett, M.D.: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
M. Yanki Yazgan, M.D.: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Güzel Günler Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey
N. Shemrah Fallon: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
Franz J. Hartl, J.D.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; University Web Operations, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Margalit Ziv, Ph.D.: The International Networking Group on Peacebuilding with Young Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Rima Salah, Ph.D.: Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA
Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Country Representative, UNICEF, Lao’s People Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)
Siobhán Fitzpatrick, C.B.E., M.B.A., M.S.S.C., C.Q.S.W., B.Sc.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; The International Networking Group on Peacebuilding with Young Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK; The Early Years – the Organization for Young Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Catherine Panter-Brick, Ph.D.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium, New York, NY, USA; Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
p. 100092

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abstract: Children's environments - especially relationships with caregivers - sculpt not only developing brains but also multiple bio-behavioral systems that influence long-term cognitive and socioemotional outcomes, including the ability to empathize with others and interact in prosocial and peaceful ways. This speaks to the importance of investing resources in effective and timely programs that work to enhance early childhood development (ECD) and, by extension, reach communities at-scale. Given the limited resources currently devoted to ECD services, and the devastating impact of COVID-19 on children and communities, there is a clear need to spur government leaders and policymakers to further invest in ECD and related issues including gender and racial equity. This essay offers concrete examples of scholarly paradigms and leadership efforts that focus on child development to build a peaceful, equitable, just, and sustainable world. As scholars and practitioners, we need to continue to design, implement, assess, and revise high-quality child development programs that generate much-needed evidence for policy and programmatic changes. We must also invest in global partnerships to foster the next generation of scholars, practitioners, and advocates dedicated to advance our understanding of the bio-behavioral systems that underlie love, sociality, and peace across generations. Especially where supported by structural interventions, ECD programs can help create more peaceful, just, and socially equitable societies.

Published in Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology

ISSN: 2666-4976 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry; Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/comprehensive-psychoneuroendocrinology

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