Executive function is like the CEO of your brain, the part that helps you plan, focus, manage impulses, and make decisions. Executive function skills are essential for your child’s success in school and in life. In this video, you’ll learn what executive function is, why it matters, and how parents and educators can nurture these skills from infancy onward. 

In this video, Bright Horizons Chief Academic Officer, Rachel Robertson and Director of Education and Curriculum, Heidi Morrison, discusses what executive function is, why it matters, and how parents and educators can nurture these skills from infancy onward.