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the slow patient art of growing something stronger than yourself on purpose
root wordFrom Latin nutrire, meaning to suckle or nourish
touch mattersPremature babies held skin-to-skin gain weight faster
plant signalsStressed plants emit chemicals begging neighbors for defense
brain growthAffectionate childhood predicts larger hippocampus in later scans
not softNurturing requires more discipline than neglect ever does