Child - the complete brain Daniel J. Sigel and Tina Payne Bryce

Your little child has a tantrum in the middle of the store. Your preschooler refuses to wear their clothes. Your fifth grader gets angry on the seat instead of playing in the playground. Are children conspiring to make their parents' lives full of endless challenges? No — it’s just their developing brain making decisions! In this practical groundbreaking book, Daniel J. Siegel, neurologist and bestselling author of Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson reveal meltdowns and escalation, and explain the new science about how the child's brain is formed and matures. The "upper brain," which makes decisions and balances emotions, is still being built until the mid-twenties. Especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to dominate the logic of the left brain. No wonder children may seem out of control. By applying these discoveries to daily parenting, you can turn any impulse, argument, or fear into an opportunity to integrate your child's brain and promote vital growth. Raise calmer and happier children using twelve key strategies, including: Name it to tame it: Gather the hyperactive right brain behaviors through storytelling using the left brain, appealing to the left brain’s attraction to words and logic to calm emotional storms and physical tension. Name it to tame it: Make your child think and listen, instead of just reacting. Move it or lose it: Use physical activities to change your child's emotional state. Let emotions roll: Guide your children when they are stuck in a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go. SIFT: Help children pay attention to sensations, images, feelings, and thoughts inside them so they can make better decisions and be more resilient. Communicate through conflict: Use disagreements to encourage empathy and achieve greater social success. The full-brain child book contains clear explanations and age-appropriate strategies for dealing with daily conflicts, along with illustrations to help you explain these concepts to your child. The full-brain child book shows you how to develop healthy emotional and cognitive development so your children can live a balanced, meaningful, and connected life.