POF11: What’s Going on in Your Kid’s Brains?

Learning about the brain is the foundation of peaceful and nonviolent parenting.  It’s because of what we know now about children’s brains, that will serve you in understanding your child so much better! I’ll explain exactly what’s going on for your child (brain-wise) in the middle of a meltdown and the best way to parent them through it! I’ll explain how dopamine comes into play when you kids are watching a screen or playing video games so screen time doesn’t turn into SCREAM TIME! What happens to your kids after school?  Are they grouchy, needy, whiney, argumentative, or oppositional?  I’ll share with you why and how you can move forward to ensure you get their needs met so you can have more peace and cooperation Listen on to find out what’s really going on in that brain of theirs!   Robbin is a Certified Parent Coach, author and speaker.  She works with parents from all over the world to help them build more connection and find more joy and cooperation in their parenting. Robbin is a former ‘Angry Mom’ and for over 12 years, Robbin juggled a full-time corporate career while being a mom and wife, prior to becoming a Parenting Coach.  In her corporate career, Robbin has a background in marketing and public relations, training, and event planning. She understands firsthand how many moms struggle to balance work and family. It’s because of her struggles as a parent that she found the world of peaceful parenting and has dedicated her life to teaching parents how to build a strong family, so their kids thrive.  Robbin’s work focuses on building and strengthening the parent child relationship so that children grow up with resilience, confidence and strong emotional intelligence.  She works with parents to help them understand their own emotions and frustrations in parenting, so they can help build their children’s sense of self without losing themselves in the process! In October of 2018 Robbin released her first book, “The Yelling Cure – How stress less and get your kids to cooperate without threats & punishments.” Her book is being read by parents all over the world 1000,000 copies sold to date. www.yellingcurebook.com Robbin divides her time working with her clients, speaking at events and spending time with her two boys and husband.  You can usually find her at a hockey rink or sports field cheering on her boys.  Most importantly, Robbin has changed the way she parents and connects with her sons and is dedicated to helping parents find the same joy, connection and cooperation in their families. www.yellingcurebook.com [email protected] www.parentingforconnection.com www.facebook.com/parenting4connection www.instagram.com/robbinmcmanne_parentcoach From the Podcast: Our brains grow from the lower brain at birth (responsible for survival), to our higher brain (responsible for rational thought, reasoning, problem solving compassion, and all the other good stuff!) which is fully grown around the age of 25. From birth to age 7 our kids are living in their emotional brain (middle brain) so they often have displays of irrational behavior... this is them just acting their age! In the middle of a meltdown, our kids are stuck in their middle brain with no access to rational thought so this.is.not.the.time.to.parent.your.child! Our young kids are living in this world of giants and trying to make sense of everything they are experiencing.  Throughout their day, they experience frustrations and upsets that they literally have no way of dealing with or articulating.  As they go about their day and experience these frustrations and upsets, they are building stress hormones until it comes to a critical point.  And our young ones actually have a built-in mechanism to help them release the pressure...it’s called a meltdown or tantrum! They are totally...