Both the ongoing child-care crisis and the pandemic have highlighted our failings to protect and care for the young and the old, two groups that are critical to our success and evolution as humans. In this ParentEd Talks event, distinguished developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik, Ph.D., will share how these two vulnerable and long life stages — childhood and elderhood — play important roles in helping humans flourish.
Drawing on her own cutting-edge scientific research, Gopnik will reveal fascinating insights into how caregiving relationships in childhood and old age evolve distinctive capacities for cognition. Gopnik will explain how these two developmental life stages are related, and how the relationship between children and grandparents is so valuable, from strengthening our intelligence and adaptability to preserving culture and traditions.
Win an Amazon gift card! ParentMap is giving away one $100 Amazon gift card at each ParentEd Talks event. Only attendees of the live events are eligible for the prize, and the winner will be notified via private message in Zoom at the end of each talk.
Win a SNOO or a Happiest Baby gift card! ParentMap is giving away one SNOO Smart Sleeper Bassinet (valued at $1,695) and one $500 Happiest Baby gift card, courtesy of Happiest Baby. Only attendees of this ParentEd talk on Nov. 17 are eligible, and the winners will be notified via private message in Zoom at the end of the talk.
About the speaker
Alison Gopnik, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and an affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. An internationally recognized leader in the study of children’s learning and development, she is the author of multiple bestselling titles, including “The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn” (with Andrew N. Meltzoff and Patricia K. Kuhl) and “The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children.”
