Helen Pearson: Lessons from the longest study on human development
Helen Pearson: Mësime nga studimi më i gjatë në historinë e njerëzimit
Helen Pearson's book, "The Life Project," tells the extraordinary story of the longest-running study of human development in the world. Full bio
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a couple of questions.
to bring up your children
going up on that second one,
pretty much no idea what I'm doing.
se çfarë po bëj.
happy and healthy in their lives,
offering all kinds of conflicting advice,
just making it up as I go along.
kam mësuar me kalimin e kohës.
a few years ago,
that we have in Britain.
që kemi në Angli.
about how I bring up my own children,
sesi i rris fëmijët e mi
how we as a society can help all children.
with you today.
thousands of children through their lives
mijëra fëmijë gjatë jetës së tyre
të mahnitshëm.
anywhere else in the world.
on thousands of children
the ones who say,
dhe bëhen të rritur të lumtur
or happy or wealthy as adults,
all the information we've collected
pse jetët e tyre shkuan ndryshe.
their lives turned out different.
it's actually a kind of crazy story.
një histori e çmendur.
after the end of the war,
to have a baby at the time.
në atë kohë.
this huge survey of mothers
of nearly every baby
and Wales in one week.
dhe Wells në një javë.
we might ask today.
që mund të pyesim sot.
of a pint of milk a day?"
on smocks, corsets,
while you were in bed with this baby?"
ndërkohë që kishit foshnjën?
actually ended up being so successful
of thousands of babies born in 1958
në 1958
have been involved in these studies
and recorded more information
më shumë informacion
every few years ever since.
that's now been collected on these people
është marramendëse.
of paper questionnaires
një bankë të mostrave të qelizave
a huge bank of tissue samples,
nail clippings, baby teeth and DNA.
dhëmbë dhe ADN.
from some of the births,
nga disa prej lindjeve,
in a secure storage warehouse.
në një depo magazinimi të sigurt.
is tracking generations of children
nuk gjurmon brezat e fëmijëve
people on the planet,
të studiuar më mirë në planet
incredibly valuable for scientists,
për shkencëtarët
academic papers and books.
dhe libra akademikë.
on just one finding --
vetëm në nje gjetje-
to come from this remarkable study.
të mrekullueshëm.
that spoke to me personally,
to do the best for our children.
për të bërë më të mirën për fëmijët tanë.
out of the way first.
from this remarkable study is this:
or into disadvantage,
ose në situata të pavorshme,
to walk a difficult path in life.
were born into poor families
u lindën në familje të varfëra
cramped homes or other problems,
që kishin shtëpi të vogla dhe probleme.
that those disadvantaged children
on almost every score.
to do worse at school,
të dalin keq në shkollë,
and to earn less money.
have been really surprising,
unhealthy as adults.
të rritur të pashëndetshëm.
poor health and even to die earlier.
shëndet të ligë dhe të vdesin më herët.
at a really shockingly early age.
herët në moshë.
the richer children on educational tests,
në testet shkollore,
again and again across the generations.
have a profound influence
of our lives play out.
that we face today.
që përballemi sot.
everyone, is this:
or into a struggling family.
apo me probleme.
the small problem here.
or how much they earn,
apo sa të fitojnë,
a real note of optimism
who has a disadvantaged start
have a tough start in life,
të vështirë në jetë.
on some measure nevertheless,
interested parents,
from a difficult start.
fillimin e vështirë.
are really, really important,
është shumë e rëndësishme
who were born in 1970.
të lindur në 1970.
that they had collected
who'd had a difficult start in life
me një fillim të vështirë,
at school nevertheless.
jashtë pritshmërive.
more than anything else was parents.
kishin rëndësi prindërit.
in those first few years of life
në vitet e para të jetës
to do well at school later on.
e mirë në shkollë.
that parents do
outcomes for children.
seems to be really important, too.
t'i lexosh fëmijës çdo ditë.
çdo ditë kur ishin 5 vjeç
to them daily when they were five
in their education at the age of 10,
në moshën 10 vjeçare,
to be in poverty at the age of 30
në moshën 30 vjeçare
weren't doing those things.
nuk i bënin këto gjëra.
with interpreting this type of science.
në interpretimin e kësaj lloj shkence.
that certain things that parents do
që bëjnë prindërit
outcomes for children,
sjellin rezultatet e mira
those behaviors caused the good outcomes,
is getting in the way.
genes into account,
with this British study
of about 10,000 children
at regular times,
at different times during the week?
who were going to bed at different times
në orë të ndryshme
sjellje problematike.
to have behavioral problems,
në një orar të caktuar,
to having regular bedtimes
it was the bedtime routines
get better for those kids.
që lexonin për kënaqësi.
who were reading for pleasure.
a magazine, a picture book, a story book.
një libër me figura apo me histori.
who were reading for pleasure
better, on average,
mirë në shkollë
të gjithë faktorët,
for all the confounding factors,
who were equally intelligent
which really helped those children
school tests later in their lives.
or into disadvantage,
more difficult paths in their lives.
if you can call it that,
dhe të kapërcejë pengesat.
of those early disadvantages.
that poverty doesn't matter after all?
if a child is born poor --
nëse një fëmijë lind në varfëri
they're going to do just fine.
and parenting matter.
dhe prindërimi kanë rëndësi.
put figures on that,
fëmijë të rritur në varfëri
growing up in persistent poverty
were doing everything right --
gjithçka si duhej,
and everything else --
rezultate shumë të larta.
the educational gap
boshllëkun e shkollimit
by about 50 percent.
me rreth 50%.
leaves a really lasting scar,
to ensure the success and well-being
për suksesin dhe mirëqenien
është shumë e rëndësishme.
is an incredibly important thing to do.
for you and me?
we can all take home and use?
në shtëpi?
to inform my parenting ...
you're shouting at your kids
në një orar të caktuar,
the scientific literature on your side.
happy, successful children
dhe të suksesshëm,
be interested in their future,
and give them a book to read?
dhe t'u japim një libër?
as simple as that.
looks at what happens
mijëra fëmijëve,
of children on average,
what will help my child or your child
fëmijën tim apo tuajin
is going to walk their own path,
do të ndjekë rrugën e tij
që trashëgojnë
by the genes they inherit
they have through their lives,
with us, their parents.
after I learned all this.
të gjithë këtë.
study of British children,
even spoke to my own British children.
at the end of the day
what they did today,
what they do at school.
atë që bëjnë në shkollë.
they always have a book to read.
for their future,
lidhur me të ardhmen e tyre
and do great things.
will make a difference,
it won't do them any harm,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Helen Pearson - Science journalist, editor, authorHelen Pearson's book, "The Life Project," tells the extraordinary story of the longest-running study of human development in the world.
Why you should listen
In March 1946, scientists began tracking almost every British baby born in a single week. What they discovered would change how we are born, grow up, raise children, live and die. Helen Pearson's 2016 book, The Life Project, is the story of this incredible project and the remarkable discoveries that have come from it. It was named best science book of the year by The Observer and was a book of the year for The Economist.
As Chief Magazine Editor for the world’s leading science journal, Nature, Pearson oversees all its journalism and opinion content. Her own stories have won accolades including the 2010 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award and two best feature awards from the Association of British Science Writers.
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