Paris (AFP)

Emmanuel Macron installed Thursday at the Elysee a commission of experts chaired by the child psychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik to reflect on the improvement of the accompaniment of the "first thousand days of the child", a founding period in the development of all- small.

"90% is played before three years, and the more we are in a difficult environment, the more we find ourselves with difficulty organizing these first thousand days", declared the Head of State in opening a time of exchange with the members of the commission and families.

For the Head of State, "we are not born a parent, no one, we must answer the call of parents sometimes deprived, terrorized".

This commission, made up of 17 scientists, pediatricians, midwives, educators, child psychiatrists, prenatal and postnatal practitioners, is led by Boris Cyrulnik and co-chaired by obstetrician-gynecologist Alexandra Benachi and psychotherapist Isabelle Filliozat.

By the end of January, it will have to look into improving the care of the first 1,000 days, which goes from conception to two years of the child, with four priorities: public health to achieve a " consensus "on the advice by making it accessible to all, the development of a new" parent course ", currently rather focused on the prenatal period, the leave granted to parents, and the study of the operation of childcare, a longer term project.

Among the topics covered will be nutrition, breastfeeding, children facing screens, environmental violence, father's place, parental burnout, vaccination?

The Secretary of State for Childhood Adrien Taquet, who carries this project, will meet in the coming months with families to "listen to them, from their needs, their expectations, their anxieties," he said.

"The challenge is individual fulfillment in a more egalitarian society," said Boris Cyrulnik.

According to the neuropsychiatrist, one in three children is now "wrongly gone". "Most often it is due to the isolation of the mother, the baby, to spousal violence whose biological impact is underestimated, or social precariousness".

"Unhappy parents are badly informed, all of this is cancellable and government decisions will be important," said Boris Cyrulnik, who advocated a better parental leave.

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