Canonical · Neuroscience & Biology · Journal article

Active Parents Raise Active Children

Lynn L. Moore et al. · 1991

"A child's physical activity level correlates far more strongly with an active mother than with an active father — and children of two active parents are nearly six times more likely to be active than children of two inactive parents."

The idea

Researchers strapped accelerometers onto 100 four-to-seven-year-olds and both of their parents for a full year. The pattern that fell out was not subtle.

Why it works

The takeaway — recall it first

Neuroplasticity: The Brain That Changes Itself

"The brain physically rewires itself in response to repeated thought and behavior throughout adulthood, not just childhood — meaning habits, skills, and even chronic thought patterns are more changeable at a neural level than 'fixed personality' framing suggests."

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