So I think the first thing is that we'd have to be a bit patient with dads because their brain changes don't happen during pregnancy, whereas moms will.

Dads will start to happen postpartum, and it's dose dependent on the amount of contact he has with the baby.

So if a, you know, two and a half year old has some really

scary traumatic event, if they had this really strong sense of safety in the first three

months of life, they're going to deal with that a lot better than a baby who may have been

separated at birth? The first three years of life is when the brain is developing really,

really rapidly. And so that is, theoretically, is the window where we

want to provide as much nurture and safety. And it's not actually just even a normal amount of

nurture and love and providing safety and responsiveness and sensitivity and attunement. It's actually

extravagant amounts. Like that is why I'm really saying, like, spoil your baby.

People say don't spoil your baby and like, no, no, no, go overboard.

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