Harvard Center on the Developing Child
In five minutes, this video explains executive functioning as the brain's "air traffic control system" and why these skills are foundational for focus, learning, emotional regulation, and flexible thinking.
By James M. Greenblatt, M.D., & Bill Gottlieb, CHC
The authors note that hunter-gatherer diets are estimated to have contained about a 2:1 ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats, compared with roughly 15:1 in the modern Western diet.
Your Parenting Mojo Podcast
Play, joy, and meaningful connection may be among the most powerful ways children learn.
So… emotional regulation isn't just something people do…
It's something their nervous system is already more or less prepared to regulate based on how its networks are organized.
Morawetz et al. (2025). Wired to Regulate: Brain Connectivity Predicts Emotion Regulation Capacity and Tendency.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
— Albert Einstein