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

by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

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Siegel and Bryson translate cutting-edge neuroscience into practical parenting strategies, explaining how the upstairs brain responsible for decision-making remains under construction until the mid-twenties while the emotional right brain often dominates in young children. They offer twelve age-appropriate techniques for integrating different brain regions to help children develop emotional regulation, empathy, and resilience.

Published:: 2011
Pages:: 192

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In this collection, The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind references 3 other books.

It draws on Emotional Intelligence, Descartes' Error and Wherever You Go, There You Are.

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Siegel and Bryson build on Goleman's emotional intelligence framework, translating his concept of emotional self-awareness into brain-based strategies for helping children integrate their logical and emotional brain regions

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Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman

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Siegel builds on Damasio's Descartes' Error framework showing that emotion and cognition are neurologically inseparable, applying this insight to explain why parents must help children integrate their emotional and rational brain systems rather than suppress feelings

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Descartes' Error

by Antonio Damasio

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Siegel draws on Kabat-Zinn's mindfulness research to develop the concept of mindsight, showing parents how present-moment awareness practices help both parent and child regulate emotional responses

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Wherever You Go, There You Are

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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