Dr. Kari Stubbs explains how curiosity, screen habits, and the first five years shape a child’s readiness to learn.
What happens before a child walks into kindergarten shapes everything that follows.
In the latest episode of Digital Learning Today, I sit down with Dr. Kari Stubbs to unpack a challenge early childhood leaders are seeing across the country: children arriving at school with shorter attention spans, weaker self-regulation, and fewer chances to practice solving problems on their own.
But this conversation is not about blaming families or banning technology.
It is about protecting the human skills that matter most—especially curiosity.
