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The first three years of a child's life are a time of exponential growth. Eighty percent of a child's brain is developed between birth and age three. If children do not receive proper nutrition or health care, if they fail to bond with a parent or caregiver, if they are neglected or abused, the consequences might be lifelong and very expensive to taxpayers. The child's ability to focus, to problem solve, to express empathy and to engage in creative play and his or her pre-reading skills are all formed before kindergarten.