When my public library
branch did not have the book I intended to check out last week I began looking
at book covers…something that makes me relatively uncomfortable, but not as
uncomfortable as leaving the library empty-handed. I decided on “The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary
Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind”. Written by neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author, Daniel
J. Siegel, along with parenting expert, Tina Payne Bryson, it clearly explains
12 strategies to help you “cultivate healthy emotional and
intellectual development in children, so that they may lead balanced,
meaningful, and connected lives”. I am half way through the book and 100% convinced that the
strategies they teach, all of which are based on the science of how a child’s
brain is wired and how it matures, can ensure that parents, teachers, and other
adults are not only surviving everyday struggles with children, but helping the
family unit, class, & larger community thrive!
What I love most about
this these strategies is that they do not require adults to designate specific
time each day or each week to help children thrive. Instead, you use ALL of the interactions you have with
children (from the most angry to the most adorable) to help them become caring,
compassionate, responsible, hard working people, who feel great about
themselves. It’s all about using everyday
moments to help children reach their true potential.
As I continue the 6-part
series on the benefits of massage for different age groups, I will also begin a
12-part series summarizing the 12 strategies outlined in “The Whole-Brain
Child". Throughout this series you will learn simple techniques to integrate a child's left & right brain, upstairs & downstairs brain, memory, many parts of the self, and self with others. Read along, apply the strategies, and turn any “outburst, argument, or
fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital
growth.”
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