The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

Product Information

Let's imagine the brain as a house, with an upstairs and downstairs section. The downstairs area is the more primitive part of the brain, responsible for the basics like breathing, automatic responses, and intense emotions. The upstairs brain contains the study and library, and lets in more light, allowing you to see things clearly and make wise decisions. When it throws a tantrum, it uses the lower brain. To deal with this, first, ask your child what has caused its anger and then, ask your child for a solution.

Based on neuroscience, the authors provide parents with a set of skills and tools to cope with the trials and tribulations of contemporary parenting. We're also given practical ways to turn those moments of survival into opportunities to help our children, and ourselves, thrive. So when your children are fighting for the third time in three minutes, it could be the perfect time to teach them about reflective listening, respectful communication, negotiation, and forgiveness. The key message is that we can capitalize on everyday moments to build a child's potential.This book taught me more than anything I could have read on google when trying to decipher my daughter’s outbursts and outlandish behaviour. There's also the process of SIFT. SIFT is the acronym for sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts. We can use this acronym to help children sort through physical sensations such as butterflies in the tummy, images that might be worrying them, such as an embarrassing moment at school, and feelings. It helps if they have a broad "feeling" vocabulary, so they can use specific words like "disappointed," as opposed to a more general one like feeling "sad."

However if you've already listened to 2+ of parenting books, then it probably doesn't have that much novel information for you. Still great to reiterate and all, but if you've had a few, then it doesn't add much. It's just overall better than others of its kind out there, but most of the content is same/similar Rezumatele de la sfârșitul fiecărui capitol sunt utile și explică și mai simplist ideile discutate, așadar, mai ai încă o șansă să intelegi și mai bine ce vor să îți transmită autorii. We hope you are able to use this material to learn how to parent your child with his or her brain in mind, and in the process improve your relationship with your child as you continue to faithfully walk the parenting journey. Similarly, when your child is upset, we should first connect right brain to right brain. Yes, with empathy. Then, once they are more receptive, we are able to redirect with the left brain. Redirect does not mean to distract. It means to involve the child in making amends and finding solutions together. it honors and respects children and reminds parents that many of the "behavioral problems" we see are, in fact, totally normal developmental phases that children simply need additional support and nuturing to manage through.

The brain is enormously complex with different areas performing various tasks, yet constantly interlinking. For example, the "reptilian" part of the brain makes split-second survival choices, and the 'mammalian' part is more concerned with relationships. Good mental health means getting all areas of the brain to work well together.

Here's a strategy that might help children to integrate implicit and explicit memories. It's called "using the remote of the mind." The Whole-Brain Child is based on proven scientific facts explained in simple terms. The Whole-Brain Child: The cons Are you a frazzled parent, juggling demands, fighting over unfinished homework, and refereeing sibling fights? Or are you constantly comparing yourself unfavorably to the super-parents you know, the ones on the PTA who cook like a dream and never get irritated with their children? Sometimes it feels like we're just trying to survive as parents, when what we really want is for our families to thrive. Analyzing the brain's integration process is valuable, and can be broken down into five different types. There's left and right brain integration, vertical and horizontal integration, memory integration, integrating the different parts of self, and finally, integrating self and other.I've been reading about brain development in infants and children since my daughter was born 6 years ago. Understanding how the science of the brain interacts with the behavior of or the ability of a child to learn has led to my having more empathy for and understanding of my child. Many times we have expectations for our children that they can't meet, because their brains haven't been wired to do so yet. In addition, variations in parenting techniques work differently across the various age groups of children based upon their development. Use the Remote of the Mind: Replay memories to bring awareness to your child and enable him/her to integrate memory Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive

This erudite, tender, and funny book is filled with fresh ideas based on the latest neuroscience research. I urge all parents who want kind, happy, and emotionally healthy kids to read The Whole-Brain Child. This is my new baby gift.”—Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia and The Shelter of Each Other Name It to Tame It: Corral raging right-brain behavior through left-brain storytelling, appealing to the left brain’s affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension. Some cute kid anecdotes, some of which were pleasantly mind-opening for me since I don't spend much time around very young kids (er... yet).Complete with clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles, and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives. This is also known as the "me-we" connection. Sometimes children need a little bit of help with their empathy and to recognize others' needs and perspectives. Enter the fascinating discovery of mirror neurons. Our brains are activated to respond to the actions of somebody else. We can nurture this built-in wiring in our children to create more empathy. For example, if we see someone in tears, we often become tearful too. Our bodies automatically respond to someone else's emotions and actions. We mirror them. Hence, our kids can learn to empathize with others, without losing their sense of who they are. By doing this, you will engage its higher brain, instead of just enraging the lower one with punishment. If you're looking for a first parenting book, then this is it. Go for it. Very clear narration, great points and easy to follow. Examples help a lot and repeats some points many times so it's a bit easier to remember. This is exactly what happened when I finished reading “ The Whole-Brain Child” by Dr Daniel Siegel and Dr Tina Payne Bryson.