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Brain-Body Parenting
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Brain-Body Parenting

How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids

Mona Delahooke
Harper Wave, 2022
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Don’t spend too much time searching for motives when children misbehave. Children often act out without any specific intent in mind, explains child psychologist Mona Delahooke. Children’s unique nervous systems determine much of their behavior and reactions, yet many parents have an incomplete or inaccurate understanding of their children’s brain-body connection. Gain tools to help your child develop better regulation, and support your child in feeling safe and secure. Brain-body parenting helps parents deepen their connection with their children while helping children thrive.

Summary

The most effective parenting centers around a child’s brain-body connection.

Children’s nervous systems are responsible for much of their behavior. Each child’s nervous system is unique. Yet parents often have only a limited understanding of their child’s physiology. The nervous system, or brain-body connection, is the neural platform responsible for influencing human behavior. Understanding your child’s nervous system helps you best respond to their behavior. 

Parents often mistakenly assume their children misbehave intentionally. That assumption stems from misunderstanding child behavior, much of which is physiologically triggered. For example, when toddlers have tantrums, their behavior signals that their brain-body connection is in a state of overwhelm. Focus on understanding your child’s physiology and unique ways of experiencing the world to help your child display optimal behaviors. 

Children with vulnerable nervous systems display more unhealthy behaviors.

Humans never operate as just a brain or a body. The connection between both creates a complex system, or “platform.”Children with ...

About the Author

Mona Delahooke is a child psychologist committed to helping people better understand children’s behavioral and emotional challenges. 

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