In our conversations, we explored a range of topics and used excerpts from the following three video to frame our conversations around a number of key ideas including:

  • the role that brain development plays in the cognitive and emotional lives of adolescents and the ways in which environment also plays a key role in shaping this development
  • cultural ideas (taboos) about we talk about the challenges and joys of parenting can have significant impacts on self-perceptions about our effectiveness as parents
  • how education at school and at home might be more effective if aligned around a core set of shared values and expectations.

The excerpted segments appear immediately below and are followed by the full videos.