The document discusses the limbic system and emotional brain development. It notes that the limbic system, located in the middle of the brain, is specialized for emotional matters. Early emotional experiences form a template that strongly influences later emotional development and brain organization. The limbic system and prefrontal lobes develop pathways that provide the framework for emotional intelligence, which starts developing very early in life and is influenced by a child's emotional environment and their basic needs for love, attachment, attunement, soothing, and appropriate boundaries being met.

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