Second Nature: How Parents Can Use Neuroscience to Help Kids Develop Empathy, Creativity, and SelfControl

Use Neuroscience to Raise an Awesome PersonStarting Now Searching for a roadmap to raise a successful child who makes a positive difference in this world? Neuroscientist and mother Erin Clabough teaches that to thrive as adults, children need to learn self-regulation, a master life skill founded in empathy, creativity, and self-control. The lack of even one of these intertwined skills underlies nearly all of the parenting problems we face. The good news is that you can build these strengths in children at any age, from infancy to adulthood. Here, using key insights from brain development research, youll learn how. With scientific depth and in clear language, Erin gets you up to date on the vast tide of emerging neuroscience discoveries and how they can help you parent better. Practicing these skills requires a new mindset, but second nature parenting is low effort and high impact. It only takes a few minutes each day to nurture the skills your kids need, simply by using everyday situations that youre already facing in a different way.A hands-on exploration of Empathy, creativity, and self-controlthree key, interrelated skills that support your childs decision-making, emotional regulation, happiness, and independence Self-regulationwhere the three key skills come together, giving your child the power to blaze a trail towards a personal goal while preserving healthy relationships A wealth of tools based on neuroscience principlesfrom quick do anywhere games to long-term strategiesfor creating positive lifelong habits How to better understand and deal with tantrums, impulsivity, inattention, bickering, bullying, and other common challenges In-depth guidance on how to build motivation, enhance critical thinking skills, encourage accountability, create space for play and reflection, cultivate compassion, solve problems, and much more