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Self-reg : how to help your child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life / Dr. Stuart Shanker, with Teresa Barker.

Shanker, Stuart, (author.). Barker, Teresa, (author.).

Summary:

"The first parenting book to bring the science and psychology of children's behavior together to build brain/body awareness for self-regulation and success,"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 1594206090
ISBN: 9781594206092
Physical Description: 307 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Self-Reg : essential for living and learning. The power of Self-Reg ; More than marshmallows : self-regulation versus self-control ; No small matter : arousal regulation and the interbrain ; Under the boab tree : the five-domain model for Self-Reg -- Part II: The five domains. Eat, play, sleep : the biological domain ; Monster in the attic : the emotion domain ; Calm, alert, and learning : the cognitive domain ; A new lens for looking at social development : the social domain ; The better self : empathy and the prosocial domain -- Part III: Teens, temptations, and parents under pressure. The power and perils of adolescence ; More : desire, dopamine, and the surprising biology of boredom (the reward system) ; Parents under pressure : where do we go from here?.