We humans, it turns out, are wonderfully resilient creatures, which you should keep in mind not only if you consider yourself a less than perfect parent but also if you were, like most of us, the recipient of dysfunctional programming when you were young. Though neuroscientists once thought our brains were fixed at adolescence, it is now an established fact that the wiring of the brain is “plastic,” which means it can be rewired even into adulthood.
