Coparent Academy Podcast

#143 - How Stress Affects Children During Pregnancy


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This is Episode 2 in our Raising Emotionally Resilient Children series. 

In this episode we dig into the epigenetic effects of stressors on children during pregnancy. 

We discuss: 

  • The Diathesis-Stress Model
  • Epigenetics
  • Prenatal Brain Development
  • Prenatal Programming (aka DOHad or the Barker Hypothesis)
  • Examples including the epigenetic effects of the:
    • Descendants of Holocaust survivors; and 
    • Children born to mothers who were pregnant with them during the Quebec Ice Storm of 1998

 
Check out the Youtube version of this episode for some additional visual content and links to research articles reviewed and/or relied upon for the content in this episode.

Thanks for listening!  If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please email us at [email protected].  To learn more about becoming the best coparent you can be, visit coparentacademy.com.

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