ABSTRACT
As human beings, we are capable of becoming deeply and ®nely attuned to each other for inborn and acquired reasons ± attuned in ways far beyond our conscious awareness. I propose that we are also born attuned and prepared for our longer-range encounters with each other as human families and groups throughout the human life-cycle, as a result of human evolution. Through an interplay of our innate biological potential and good enough personal experience, we progressively develop the capacity for taking in personal and family life-cycle experiences, including a sense of time, calendar, narrative, and history from generation to generation.
