For "full" emotional communication, one person needs to allow his state of mind to be influenced by that of the other.

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.

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

The number of possible "on-off" patterns of neuronal firing is immense, estimated as a staggering ten times ten one million times (ten to the millionth power). The brain is obviously capable of an imponderably huge variety of activity; the fact that it is often organized and functional is quite an accomplishment!

For "full" emotional communication, one person needs to allow his state of mind to be influenced by that of the other.

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