It is an incredible honor to guest host Jeopardy!, i was raised in a very creative and academic family, but it wasn't until high school that I fell in love with science, and that love led me to a Ph.D. in neuroscience. I so appreciate that ‘Jeopardy!’ is a show that tests all aspects of intellect and allows the brightest minds to shine.

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Let’s reserve judgment for people who beat their children, sell their daughters into prostitution, or deny women the right to make decisions about their bodies and their lives.

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I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

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I don’t want to say everything happens for a reason, but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.

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When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

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Don't listen to anyone's advice. Listen to your baby ... There are so many books, doctors, and well-meaning friends and family. We like to say, 'You don't need a book. Your baby is a book. Just pick it up and read it.'

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I don't care much about conforming.

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I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so.

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Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.

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I don't wear pants, or like them; I'm a Jewish woman who's made the decision to wear skirts, so I wear mostly skirts past the knee.

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I think neuroscience is obviously very esoteric, but I think there are aspects of it that can absolutely be brought down to the level of an interested 11-, 12-, 13-year-old easily.

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The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.

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I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to try to make sense of it all. Anni Daulter has created what should be the new standard for today's mom: birth journals, labor workbooks, pregnancy memoirs, and holistic wisdom. It is gentle and enlightening, and lays the foundation for what we know helps women have the labor and birth they want and deserve: support, self-knowledge, and empowerment.

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Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style.

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I'm definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward.

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I don't look like most women in the industry.

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I'm generally intimidated by adults.

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A lot of stuff I wear I've had since high school.

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Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

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I'm concerned about the ocean and the environment. And I love whales.

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Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.

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