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If you have ever caught yourself thinking “They’re doing this on purpose,” this conversation offers a different path: wonder what is happening inside the child, not just what the child is doing. We talk about mentalization, the practical skill of understanding our own mind and someone else’s mind, and why kids do not learn it from advice or books. They learn it from being held in mind by real people in real homes, through thousands of small interactions that slowly become their inner voice.
We dig into what family environments help mentalization thrive: curiosity instead of…
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