
At the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago, we use science to drive innovation and fuel social change to help parents and caregivers improve child outcomes.
Learn moreWe develop cutting-edge interventions, tools, and technology that help optimize foundational brain development, and can be used by individuals and scaled across the country.
Learn moreOur approach to preventing early cognitive disparities relies on collaboration. We are committed to building coalitions, sharing knowledge, and achieving victories across systems and communities.
Learn moreWe produce research, publications, and events that generate support for a public health approach to empowering parents and promoting children’s foundational brain development.
Learn moreWe share interventions and campaigns designed to help parents, caregivers, and communities promote children’s healthy development, putting resources directly in the hands of those who can use them.
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Dana Suskind is quoted in an article that investigates the proliferation of “AI slop” for young children.
Learn moreA profile of the TMW Center details our mission and the programs and resources we have developed to support parents and caregivers.
Learn moreWriting in TIME, Dana Suskind explains the developmental risks associated with interactive, AI-enabled toys—products that represent a fundamental break from any toy of the past.
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The 3TsThe 3Ts: Tune In, Talk More, and Take Turns—a simple, yet powerful teaching tool that helps parents make the most of their talk and interaction with their children.
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Dana Suskind at Aspen Ideas HealthGiven the role that early childhood development plays in long-term wellbeing, ignoring parental needs is an unsustainable strategy. At the 2022 Aspen Ideas Health festival, Dana Suskind argued it’s time we give parents the robust support they deserve.
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We believe parents and caregivers are an untapped resource with the incentive and capacity to make a difference in their children’s early brain development.
We believe in harnessing the power of communities, educators, and healthcare workers to support families with young children.