The First Five Years is a weekly radio program presented by Maryland Family Network and airing on WEAA 88.9 FM. The program was previously on WYPR 88.1 FM. The series is focused on the extraordinary developmental period from birth to age five. The First Five Years highlights the challenges and opportunities related to nurturing young children and helping them build a solid foundation for success in school and in life. This program is made possible in part by M&T Charitable Foundation.
Don’t you love it when a baby is watching you? They stare up at your face with an intensity that adults seldom offer each other. When they do that, those babies are taking everything in. They learn by looking at human faces. But during the pandemic we all wore masks all the time. Is that going to lead to a generation who didn’t have a chance to benefit from our faces?