The People Around Us Shape Us
Right from childhood, the people we interact with and spend time with are rewiring and shaping our brains at a neurological level.
Slowly and slowly, our brain is ‘pruned’ and tuned according to the people who are with us, like our family, friends, neighbours and even strangers.
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