The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child
Written by Tina Payne Bryson
Narrated by Tina Payne Bryson
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From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlocking your child's innate capacity for resilience, compassion, and creativity.
When facing challenges, unpleasant tasks, and contentious issues such as homework, screen time, food choices, and bedtime, children often act out or shut down, responding with reactivity instead of receptivity. This is what New York Times bestselling authors Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson call a No Brain response. But our kids can be taught to approach life with openness and curiosity. Parents can foster their children's ability to say yes to the world and welcome all that life has to offer, even during difficult times. This is what it means to cultivate a Yes Brain.
When kids work from a Yes Brain, they're more willing to take chances and explore. They're more curious and imaginative, less worried about making mistakes. They're better at relationships and more flexible and resilient when it comes to handling adversity and big feelings. They work from a clear internal compass that directs their decisions, as well as the way they treat others. Guided by their Yes Brain, they become more open, creative, and resilient.
In The Yes Brain, the authors give parents skills, scripts, ideas, and activities to bring kids of all ages into the overwhelmingly beneficial "yes" state. You'll learn
- the four fundamentals of the Yes Brain—balance, resilience, insight, and empathy—and how to strengthen them
- the key to knowing when kids need a gentle push out of a comfort zone vs. needing the "cushion" of safety and familiarity
- strategies for navigating away from negative behavioral and emotional states (aggression and withdrawal) and expanding your child's capacity for positivity
With inspirational anecdotes, fun and helpful illustrations, and a handy Yes Brain Refrigerator Sheet to keep your family on point, The Yes Brain is an essential tool for nurturing positive potential and keeping your child's inner spark glowing and growing strong—and gifting your children with a life of rich relational connections, meaningful interactions with the world, and emotional equanimity.
Tina Payne Bryson
Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, is a pediatric and adolescent psychotherapist, parenting consultant, and the director of parenting education and development for the Mindsight Institute. A frequent lecturer to parents, educators, and professionals, she lives near Los Angeles with her husband and three children.
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Reviews for The Yes Brain
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I work as a mental health consultant for an early childhood program and highly recommend this book to parents and teachers. This book provides scientific approach in understanding how children's minds develop and provides practical strategies to use to help cultivate a healthy mind.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book there are a lot of tips might be useful for all ages and situations.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an amazing book that integrates many ways of thinking such as growth mindset, grit and learning empathy. Highly recommended to parents and just humans in general!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I really like No Drama Discipline from these authors, so maybe my hopes we're too high for this book. It's not very practical, but it's also not very informative either. It's pretty repetitive, especially if you've read one of their other books.
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