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

大腦，是我們全身上下最重要的器官，它掌管了我們的情緒，並控制著我們的行動。但其實大腦的每個部分發展的速度都不一樣，這個差異也牽動著孩子們的成長。在這本作品裡，我們將更深入了解這些差異，並學習如何讓孩子每一次的情緒爆發或爭執，變成大腦整合的經驗值，進而變得快樂或冷靜。

本書提供了清晰的解釋、適齡策略和插圖，幫助家長將這些概念解釋給孩子聽。教您使用十二個關鍵策略，幫助孩子過上更開心且有意義的生活。

這些策略包括：

命名安撫法：通過左腦的講故事方式控制右腦的激烈情緒，利用左腦對語言和推理的偏好，來平復情緒風暴和身體緊張。

保持思考法：讓孩子保持思考和聆聽，而不是僅僅反應。

開心動動法：通過體能活動來改變孩子的情緒狀態。

撥雲見日法：引導孩子從負面情緒中走出，幫助他們理解情緒來來去去。

SIFT：幫助孩子留意自身的感覺、影像、情緒和思想，從而做出更好的決策，並變得更具靈活性。

衝突轉化法：將爭執轉化為增強同理心和社交成功的機會。

A pioneering and practical book for parents that explains the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures.

In this pioneering, practical book for parents, neuroscientist Daniel J. Siegel and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson explain the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures. Different parts of a child's brain develop at different speeds and understanding these differences can help you turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child's brain and raise calmer, happier children.

Featuring clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child will help your children to lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives using twelve key strategies, including:

Name It to Tame It: Corral raging right-brain behavior through left-brain storytelling, appealing to the left brain's affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension.

Engage, Don't Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting.

Move It or Lose It: Use physical activities to shift your child's emotional state.
Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Guide your children when they are stuck on a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go.

SIFT: Help children pay attention to the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts within them so that they can make better decisions and be more flexible.

Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success.