Parenting Strategies are Shifting as Neuroscience Brings the Developing Brain into Clearer Focus

 

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Terrific article by a behavioral scientist as she considers supporting toddlers and children in regulation, managing their nervous system response and the impact of old-school parenting methods. 

Forget How to Play? How to Reconnect with Your Playful Side

 

Are you struggling to play with your child? You're not alone! Dr. Tina Payne Bryson validates the mental load and busy-ness of parenting. She provides tips for playing with your child that take just five to ten minutes. These short increments of time will promote connection and potentially ward off some behavioral challenges.

Developmental Milestones: What are they and why they matter

Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving “bye-bye” are examples of developmental milestones.  Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave and move.  Every child is unique and may reach developmental milestones earlier or later than their peers.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides information to parents and caregivers on how to look for developmental milestones and what to do if you are worried about your child’s development or think there’s a problem.

Please view the YouTube video for more information:

Please see the link below for the CDC’s Developmental Milestones:

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html