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Markham: Children face higher abuse risks when an unrelated male moves in
“When a new man comes on the scene in a child's life, a new man is now with their mother, their risk of being abused or in fact being killed in childhood goes up.”
Markham: Babies form trust judgments about key adults by 14 months
“And we know from attachment studies that babies as young as 14 months have formed an opinion about every adult who's important to them and whether that adult is trustworthy.”
Markham: Delaying gratification builds neural pathways for self-regulation in children
“They learn that they can give up something they want in the immediate moment for something they want more. And they build, that's actually building neural pathways between the prefrontal cortex and the limbic system. So they become better able to self-regulate…”
Markham: Gottman Research Shows Most Parents React Destructively to Kids' Emotions
“Gottman's huge finding was that parents tend to react to kids' emotions in not very constructive ways.”
Markham: Raised adult voices spike blood pressure in sleeping babies
“One thing we know is that when there are raised voices, children's blood pressure and adrenaline shoot up. And that's true of babies also, even if they're nonverbal, shoots up and includes babies who are asleep.”
Markham: Two hours in nature boosts immune T-cells by 50 percent
“When you spend two hours out in nature, your immune system is about 50% more effective. The number of T cells, killer cells, you have, it's like 50% more for several weeks afterwards.”
Markham: Children's limbic systems develop biologically through parental interaction
“Our children are born with very incomplete neural systems, and so their limbic system, which is the old word for the emotional parts of the brain and neurology, that limbic system is born pretty unfinished and takes shape in interaction with the parent.”