Daniel J. Siegel, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, discusses how early childhood experiences in one's own family have an influence on adult parenting practices. Attachment research has studied the way parents interact with their children, across all different cultures and different settings, and found that how parents communicate with their children has a direct impact on how that child's mind develops. Parents who are able to reflect on and make meaning out of their own childhood experiences are able to make more conscious choices about their parenting practices.