Irene Caselli

First 1,000 Days correspondent

Mission

I report on the crucial period in which our brains are built and how it shapes our future.

Now

We have virtually no memory of our first 1,000 days. What are the implications for us as adults and for society as a whole?

Stories

Biography

Illustration of people working together

Callout: Join my first 1,000 days advisory board

Dyptich with on the left a boy in a room filled with blue stuff, on the left a girl in a room filled with pink stuff

From boys to feminists: raising a gender-free child

Illustration of two hands holding a small box towards each other, shining a yellow light towards each other.

A match made in Evin: an encounter that showed me no story is too small to tell

Old photo of people sitting together, damaged and folded

Trauma can be inherited. We need to understand what we’re passing on

A boy in a yellow jumper flying a kite - on a hill with blue sky in the background

Let’s remember the day play went from being a privilege to a right

Still from a homevideo of Maryam.

How the things we don’t remember shape us just as much as those we do

Children are a quarter of the world’s population. Imagine urban planning from their point of view