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The brain doesn’t fully develop until about the age of 25. This fact is sometimes quite surprising and eye opening to most adults. It can also be somewhat overwhelming for new parents and professionals who are interacting with babies and young children every day, to contemplate. It is essential to realize however, that the greatest time of development occurs in the years prior to kindergarten. And even more critical to understand is that by age three 85 percent of the core structures of the...

Love this! Through parent coaching, I work really hard to have parents not only understand the importance of presence, joint attention and reciprocity, but how the lack of it they experience shows up in their parenting experiences. Thank you for your contribution to this important work!