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I didn't think it was going to be this fun. But everything just gets heightened when you have a baby. The volume gets turned up on life. I never knew I could be this happy, and that's the truth.

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The amygdala, along with related areas. . . , plays a crucial role in coordinating perceptions with memory and behavior. These regions are especially sensitive to social interactions.

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We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves. (p. 221)

221, Change, Creating, People Changing, Perpetual

Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioural consequences.

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Interpersonal experience shapes the mind as it continues to develop throughout the lifespan. . . Interactions with the environment, especially relationships with other people, directly shape the development of the brain's structure and function.

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Adolescents who are absorbing negative messages about who they are and what is expected of them may sink to that level instead of realizing their true potential. As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote, “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.

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We now know that the way to help a child develop optimally is to help create connections in her brain—her whole brain—that develop skills that lead to better relationships, better mental health, and more meaningful lives. You could call it brain sculpting, or brain nourishing, or brain building. Whatever phrase you prefer, the point is crucial, and thrilling: as a result of the words we use and the actions we take, children’s brains will actually change, and be built, as they undergo new experiences.

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