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The Upstairs Brain Is the One That Keeps Us Alive

From a brain development standpoint, these kids brains are very raw. They're very primal. We call it a in our community, we call it the upstairs brain and the downstairs brain. The downstairs brain is more of our primal like, fight, flight, freeze. And this is where, like, your five year old throws a fit, right? If you take away the eye pad, it's because the downstairs brain is the one that's in control. It's the primal. This is why, you know, if you get pulled over and you get a speeding ticket, you're not going to do anything harmful to the police officer that gave you the speeding ticket. You don't see

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