I spent last evening and the better part of today at a Summit for early childhood education in Santa Fe (invited in my capacity as  a business owner) . On the surface the summit seemed to have noting whatever to do with real estate, but in a profound way, it did. The New Mexico Summit on Early Childhood Investment brought together business and community leaders to create awareness and support for early childhood development. I saw this intervention as a benefit to the next generation of home buyers.

Research has shown that early investment in childhood developoment, produces healthy, educated productive adults. As a matter of fact, is is being seen as the best investment any society could make. One quote: Quality early education for at-risk children can produce an annual rate of return as high as 16% -  higher than most stock portfolios.  Children, given a great start in life create the most skilled employees now and in the future , because parent of well children are not distracted by concerns about their well-being, and children given a great start are most likely to grow up to become capable, educated, responsible members of the workforce.  My aha moment was: these children born today with the best prospects for success will be the next generation of homebuyers. Neglected, they are likely to become instead, costly casualties looking for handouts and incapable of providing for their basic needs. 

So I left the summit wondering why it has taken so long for us to recognize what  needs to be done. and a commitment to be counted among the individuals working towards providing good nutrition,  health care, enlightened parenting and quality education for children 0 to 5 years.

As one of  speaker explained, the status quo creates a moral problem with practical implications. The current state of neglect of early childhood development with its social and economic consequences is immoral. The practical solution lies in understanding the fundamental cause of the maladies, recognizing what needs to be done and doing it.

To find out more about how we can encure that the babies born today can grow up to be great clients, go to www.partnershipforsuccess.org.

Eloise Gift
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