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Love Your Kids or Shrink Their Brain
Unpacking what it truly means to love our kid(s) so their brain can grow big.
We are born to be loved. A child’s brain does grow well without love.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and I think the photo at the link below says enough. I don’t want to bore you with a long list of research studies connecting love and the brain health of a child. While the example below may be extreme, we can take it to heart in our own lives. We may not neglect our children, but do we always take the time to make sure they know how much we love them? Let’s explore what it means to love our kids.
Check out this picture of the brain scans comparing a well-loved three-year-old to that of a neglected three-year-old.
“Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, found that children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have a larger hippocampus, a key brain structure that…
