Shaping Us, The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood

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Giovanna Fletcher

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🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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To celebrate the launch of the Shaping Us campaign from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, Gi is joined by paediatric doctor Guddi Singh to talk about early brain development. Shaping Us is a new, long-term awareness raising campaign to increase public understanding of the crucial importance of the first five years of a child’s life. Spearheaded by The Princess of Wales, the campaign highlights the fundamental importance of early childhood in shaping adults and future society.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Happy Mum, Happy Baby, the podcast.
0:13.2	Now a previous guest, her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales, has just launched her
0:18.7	new campaign, The Shaping Us campaign, designed to highlight the fundamental importance of
0:24.4	early childhood from pregnancy to age five in shaping the adults that we become.
0:29.7	I'm proud to be supporting this campaign. We heard her talk about her passion for early
0:34.8	years back in 2020 at the very start and to now see what it's become is truly magical.
0:42.3	I have a very special guest today, Dr Goodie Singh, a pediatrician who knows a lot about our brains
0:49.2	and about our early development. Hi, Dr. Hi. Oh my gosh, hello, it's so nice to be here with you.
0:56.5	Thank you very much, thank you. Before we get talking about early years and about
1:01.3	how special our brains are at that point, the Princess of Wales gave us speeches week
1:05.7	and we're very lucky because we've got a little cup of it right now to listen to.
1:12.9	Shaping Us is a long-term campaign and we're starting by highlighting how we develop
1:18.4	during early childhood and why these years matter so much in terms of shaping who we become.
1:24.2	As the campaign progresses, we'll explore in more depth the importance of a child's social
1:31.2	and emotional world, the significance of relationships and the impact of the surroundings and experiences
1:37.7	a child is exposed to during these formative years. Together, these play a key role in shaping our future lives.
1:46.4	Yet they rarely get as much focus as our physical health and cognitive development. Fantastic to hear
1:56.0	from the Princess of Wales there. We actually talked about this campaign many months ago when she was
2:00.8	on the podcast, so it's fantastic to see what she's doing with it now. But, Dr. Singh, can you tell me,
2:08.5	why is this topic so important? Well, I could just say it's my job and it has been important.
2:14.0	I hope you're passionate about it because if not you chose the wrong profession. I know you've
2:18.1	got the wrong person. Sorry. Okay, jokes aside, obviously I'm a massive advocate for this
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