Jacqueline Harding

And when we laugh and when we have fun times with children and when we're able to laugh at the things that make them laugh I mean obviously never laughing at children that never goes down well but we do something that creates a triangle and this is some of the work that I've looked at in my research is what causes a triangle in the home.

and that my friends is dr jacqueline harding the internationally recognized child development expert best-selling author and television personality i still can't get over our guest today and that we got to have her here on untethered childhood let me tell y'all this is a woman who has spent her career studying kids brains not just how they grow but how they light up she studies laughter she studies play She's the person the UK government calls when they want to understand how kids' brains develop and why something as simple as laughter can help a mind grow strong, flexible, and joyfully engaged with the world.

And the list of who all she's worked with, it is next level impressive.

BBC, Sky News, Fisher-Price, Crayola.

various speaking engagements and bodies of work.

And so I would plug that too for women who want to follow a lot, women and men, all parents who want to follow along there as well.

All right, everybody, that was our conversation with Dr. Jacqueline Harding.

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