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Bringing Up Baby

Hidden Brain

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The Variables of Gardening

Alex hamilton's hobbies are a metaphor for something very different. According to berkeley psychology professor alison gopnick, the different philosophies of the carpenter and the gardener play out every day in how parents interact with their children. The science suggests that being a caregiver for human beings is much more like being a gardener than being a carpenter.

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