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 the infraction. But if you look more deeply, you might find that the child has sensory hypersensitivity and standing close to other people is challenging and physically uncomfortable. If you are mindful of the fact that a child’s pushing another child may be the result of sensory issues, you can preventatively manage that, anticipate that.