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Mike Simpson: “And we lose a lot of children by not interacting with them appropriately in the first 3 years of their development.”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2009
And we lose a lot of children by not interacting with them appropriately in the first 3 years of their development.
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Mike Simpson
Republican · Idaho

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Emphasizing the importance of early childhood interaction for brain development.

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