When you vote, when you're voting as an individual, or when you're voting as an elected official and you're voting for your community, we're encouraging you to vote for young children," said Pam Walker, executive director of the early childhood council. The council also consists of leaders from community agencies that serve infants and young children.
"Everything happens in those first five years of life around brain growth and development, and never again in your life will it be like that," Walker said.