Snippets: - This is an interview of Claudia Gold (Pediatrician, Writer and parent-infant mental health specialist). - Our issues don’t just arise out of nowhere, they come with a story, and learning the story of a person’s development—both the science and the individual’s unique experiences—is critical to helping people. - High levels of stress early in development change the developing brain, and these children are likely to have a very heightened stress response. - Many times in my practice, a kid is brought in as the patient and the focus of the discussion is on the kids’ symptoms and medications. Later, there’s a blowup in the family, something really bad happens, the marriage falls apart, and only then do we find out that the child was living in an incredibly high-stress environment for years. We miss a lot when we don’t take time to hear the full story. - If a child in school has trouble with the person standing next to him in line and he pushes him. Now, you could punish th