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.

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

From early infancy, it appears that our ability to regulate emotional states depends upon the experience of feeling that a significant person in our life is simultaneously experiencing a similar state of mind.

When we begin to know ourselves in an open and self-supportive way, we take the first step to encourage our children to know themselves

...not all encounters with the world affect the mind equally. Studies have demonstrated that if the brain appraises an event as "meaningful," it will be more likely to be recalled in the future.

While the days of parenting may seem so long, the years are so short.

Early experience shapes the structure and function of the brain. This reveals the fundamental way in which gene expression is determined by experience.