Role of EF (Executive Function) in Children 🧠

EF or Executive Function is a frontal brain management skill that helps control thoughts, emotions and behaviors to achieve everyday goals. EF is not a ready-to-use skill, but develops through practice, especially during early childhood (3-6 years), which is a golden opportunity window because the frontal cortex develops fastest.

EF consists of 3 basic core skills + advanced skills.

• Working Memory (Memory to Use) → Remember Information and Use It

• Inhibitory Control (Self-Inhibition) → Emotional and Behavioral Control

• Cognitive Flexibility (Thought Flexibility) → Adapt as situations change

In total, there are about 9 areas (e.g. planning, concentration, commitment).

The Essential Role of EF in Children

1 Learning and education

❇ Helps remember content, follow commands, solve problems and learn from mistakes

❇ Children with good EF learn better and concentrate better

2. Emotional control and mental health

❇ Help cope with anger, disappointment and stress (linked to Happiness 101, which teaches you to know emotions and recover from suffering)

3 Social development and relationships

❇ Waiting for queues, sharing, playing better with friends, building lasting friendships

4 Preparing for life

❇ Predictor of future success (better than IQ in many studies), help with discipline, finance, work and happiness in life

5 Overall physical and brain health

❇ Good EF helps children make good food choices, exercise and sleep on time

EF development by age (roughly)

• 0-3 years: Basics start to form (remember the mother, control yourself a little)

• 3-6 years: Fastest development (suitable for heavy training)

• 7-12 years: more complex (long-term planning)

• Adolescents: Continuous development until 20-25 years

Factors that promote EF

• Nutrition: Fish, Eggs, Fruits, Omega-3 (As Ever Talked)

• Activities: Brain Training Games, Rules Play, Baby Yoga, Reading

• Parenting: Warmth + Clear Boundaries + Let Children Practice Thinking for Yourself

• Sleep and movement: Very important

Signs to observe

If EF is slow: easy to forget, difficult to control, slow to adapt, may consult.

Child psychology to practice more

EF is the key to making children not only "learn well" but "live well" and be happy on their own.

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