How Kids Learn to Trust, with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

Commune with Jeff Krasno · Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 13m

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau turns this conversation with Jeff into a question most of us don't ask directly: what do we actually pass down to our kids, and what can we choose not to?

Sophie, a mental health advocate, author, and former first partner of Canada, draws on attachment theory to explain how the bond we form with a caregiver in our first years quietly runs how we raise our own kids, unless we do something about it.

Secure, anxious-ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized attachment, and how each style shows up in parenting

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