Episode 4

How Early Relationships Shape Every Child’s Future

In this fourth episode of Policy in Play, Dominic Richardson and Edda Olsson explore the link between child protection, well-being, and trauma prevention with global advocate Benjamin Perks. Benjamin unpacks the science of early childhood development, the power of attachment, and evidence-based policies that can prevent trauma at scale. 

The discussion highlights how parenting programmes, universal parental leave, and trauma-informed education can lay the groundwork for a society where every child thrives. 

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Meet our guest

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Benjamin Perks

Benjamin Perks works for the United Nations in New York, campaigning on human rights and child development. A Senior Fellow at the Jubilee Centre at the University of Birmingham and an associate member of the Department of Social Policy and Innovation at the University of Oxford, he is a leading global advocate for child protection and development.

Described as ‘visionary’ by both Bessel van der Kolk and Bruce Perry, Ben’s book Trauma Proof: Healing, Attachment and the Science of Prevention is out now.

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