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Welcome to Raising Good Humans.

I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman,

and today we're talking about Goldilocks Parenting,

that just write space that helps develop children's autonomy.

And talking about this is Professor Stephanie Carlton, who is a

renowned developmental psychologist. Her research has contributed to the

scientific understanding of the development of children's executive function skills.

And she is going to talk about executive function skills in the context of what parents can do to support the growth of children's executive function skills from birth throughout childhood. So the approach to parenting

most closely linked with children's executive function skill development is autonomy supportive parenting and that's something we can completely control because it's just about us.

So I hope this is an empowering interview and if you enjoy this

episode don't hesitate to subscribe rate and write a little review and thank you for listening.

So executive function refers to the brain basis of self-control.

So we know quite a bit about the development of the brain

and particularly the prefrontal cortex,

the frontmost part of the brain.

And this region of the brain is primarily, primarily, although not exclusively,

you know, responsible for what we call executive function.

So it's basically having conscious control

over your thoughts, actions, and feelings.

And we, as adults, use these skills all the time,

including working memory, so being able to remember what you're doing, remembering why you came

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