How the first years of life get right under people's skin

By Amy Corderoy
Updated October 26 2012 - 3:23pm, first published 3:00am
Change … adversity could affect fundamental genetic characteristics.
Change … adversity could affect fundamental genetic characteristics.

Megan* promised herself she would never repeat her mother's mistakes. But when she realised she was refusing to cuddle her five-year-old son, Jayson, she saw her mother in herself.