October 13th, 2020

12 Key Strategies ​to Nurture Your Child's Mind... By Dr Tina Payne Bryson & Dr Daniel Siegel

“Children see magic because they look for it.” – Christopher Moore
 
This week we are focussing on the brain…
 
Different parts of a child's brain develop at different speeds and understanding these differences can help you turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child's brain and raise calmer, happier children.
 
'The Whole Brain Child’ model features 12 key strategies, including:

Name It to Tame It: Control 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.

Engage, Don't Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting. \
Move It or Lose It: Use physical activities to shift your child's emotional state.

Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Guide your children when they are stuck on a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go.

SIFT: Help children pay attention to the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts within them so that they can make better decisions and be more flexible.

Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success.

Check out this snippet from a workshop on ‘The Whole-Brain Child’ here.

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How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.