So

interesting.

So that's true, but it's not bad.

Okay, so in critical periods, the brain goes through a process of pruning.

So think of it more like spring cleaning or fine tuning, not loss.

That's the sort of theory about what's going on.

What she found among other things is that the impact of pregnancy and infant care.

Right.

Why?

Uh, well, I was like, why am I hearing about this for the first time? And so I was sort of like, who, who picked which monkey, uh, we were gonna be compared to? And why did they pick chimpanzees? Because if they had picked the owl monkeys, you know, maybe I would have learned something different.

So I found myself kind of wanting to dig into sort of what other animals are out there that might do fathering differently.

Yeah

... flexible and capable of connecting in a profound way.

Like, we can do this, and our bodies, our brains are, are, are made for this, actually.

[singing] Give it up for dads.

Give it up for dads.