Why Stability Matters for Early Childhood Development

Join the Center on the Developing Child’s upcoming webinar to explore why stability plays a critical role in shaping young children’s health and development.

Drawing on insights from the new working paper, From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment, the conversation will examine how stability—or the lack of it—across children’s developmental environments can affect their well-being in the moment and across the lifespan, and highlight strategies to promote stability for young children and their caregivers.

The conversation will be moderated by our Chief Science Officer, Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP, and feature Nathaniel Harnett, PhD, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Natalie Slopen, ScD, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

Speaker Information

Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP

Chief Science Officer at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Nathaniel Harnett, PhD

Director of the Neurobiology of Affective and Traumatic Experiences Laboratory at McLean Hospital, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

Natalie Slopen, ScD

Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health