Parenting

What is the best way to address child misbehavior problems? What can you do to help your child calm down and approach the situation from the place of reason as opposed to emotion? Most child misbehavior problems can be attributed to their inability to self-regulate emotionally. When a child is in the midst of an emotional takeover, they are not capable of processing your reasoning. Therefore, the only way to address the problem is to connect with emotions, and only then, redirect to logic. Here is a helpful strategy to help you address child misbehavior problems.

What is the best way to respond to your child’s tantrums? Should you ignore them? Command your child to obey? Although conventional wisdom tells parents to ignore their child’s tantrums to avoid encouraging the bad behavior, that approach doesn’t help with long-term resolution. Instead, connect with your child emotionally and brainstorm the solution together. Read about how to handle your child’s tantrums using the connect-and-redirect strategy.

What is whole-brain parenting? What can you do to stimulate the healthy development of your child’s brain? The whole-brain parenting method is based on fostering the integration of different areas of the brain. Since various regions of the brain mature at different paces, children are ruled by emotions because their brain is not yet fully integrated. Keep reading for more about whole-brain parenting.

What are the upstairs and downstairs brain domains? What mental and emotional capacities are associated with each brain domain? The concept of upstairs and downstairs brain domains comes from Dr. Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson’s book The Whole-Brain Child. The upstairs brain is the rational brain that is responsible for high-level thinking and decision-making, while the downstairs brain controls basic functions and automatic reactions. Learn about the notion of upstairs and downstairs brain domains.