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The Important Contribution of Fathers to Children’s Development
The development of young children’s brains is an incredibly dynamic and significant process, which is most intense during the first three years. At birth, an infant’s brain accounts for only a quarter of an adult’s brain mass, but this period is crucial for their later life. Brain development depends not only on the number of cells but much more on the establishment of connections between them, namely the formation of synapses. These connections are fundamental to learning processes and the processing of experiences. Young children’s brains develop at an incredible speed: in the earliest years, up to a thousand new connections can be made every second. However, this development depends…