Mark Bertin: How Children Thrive and the Developmental Path of Executive Function

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Dr. Mark Bertin is a pediatrician, mindfulness teacher, and the author of regular articles for Mindful.org, Huffpost, and Psychology Today. With Sounds True, he has published How Children Thrive: The Practical Science of Raising Independent, Resilient, and Happy Kids. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Mark discuss his research on executive functioning—those mental processes that allow us to organize and responsibly manage our immediate environment—and how this develops in children. Drawing from his extensive work, Mark explains the healthy stages of executive function development and why a supportive, open-minded, and fun-promoting environment is what kids actually need to thrive. They talk about Mark's previous work with childhood ADHD and how it led to his current focus, as well as why attention disorders can be interpreted as delays in executive function development. Finally, Mark and Tami speak on setting boundaries around technology use and how introducing mindfulness practices early in childhood leads to healthier, happier lives down the road. (64 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, guest is Dr. Mark Burton.
0:44.7	Mark is a pediatrician author, professor, and mindfulness teacher,
0:49.9	specializing in neurodevelopmental pediatrics.
0:55.0	He's a regular contributor to Mindful.org, the Huff Post and psychology today.
1:01.0	With sounds true, Mark has written a new book
1:05.0	called How Children Thrive,
1:08.0	the practical science of raising independent,
1:11.1	resilient, and happy kids, where he teaches that by understanding
1:15.3	healthy developmental stages parents are better able to support their child's
1:20.2	well-being using new insights from the science of executive functioning, Mark Burton
1:26.5	shows that a supportive, fun, growth-promoting environment is what kids actually
1:32.3	need to thrive. In this episode of Insights at
1:36.1	the Edge, Mark and I spoke about the development of executive function from
1:42.3	preschool through early adulthood and a
1:45.7	gut-level sense of how executive function develops in stages. We also talked about his research in writing on ADHD and how ADHD is a medical
1:59.1	disorder and a developmental delay in executive function,
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