Our lives reflect both the process of connection and the content of what happened to us in the past. Our families of origin have shaped not only what we remember about our childhoods, but also how we have come to remember our lives and create a coherent mind. The give-and-take of contingent collaborative communication may not come naturally because it was not a part of our own childhood. Fortunately, though, we can learn to listen to our child and become aware of his perspective as well as our own. Parents’ patterns of communication shape the coherence of their child’s mind. Becoming aware of
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