Parenting with the Brain in Mind Store

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Parenting With the Brain in Mind

"Parenting with the Brain in Mind" Store

Discipline as an Art and Science
$15 audio CD (1 hour)

In this talk Tina takes on the issue parents most often ask her about, arguing that nurturing and authority must go hand in hand. Using the latest research on the brain, she offers suggestions for how to get our kids to listen better, and how best to respond to misbehavior, explaining that some discipline approaches trigger anger and avoidance in our kids, while other approaches can maintain connection and lay the groundwork for optimal brain development.

Parenting with the Brain in Mind
$15 audio CD (1 hour)
Hear Tina's most popular lecture, where she introduces the Parenting with the Brain in Mind approach. She discusses how to make sense of our own lash-out moments as parents or situations when our kids lose their minds; how to help our children come to terms with difficult experiences that have upset them; and how to use some basic knowledge about the brain to guide our discipline.

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The Power of Knowledge, Instinct, and Self-Understanding: Some General Parenting Guidelines

$5 audio CD (18 minutes)

This specially priced CD is a perfect gift for new parents and parents of small children. Tina offers an overview of “What every new parent should know,” introducing the three crucial principles for doing our best parenting.

Talking to Your Kids About their Brains
$15 audio CD (30 minutes)
Listen in on three different conversations Tina has with her own kids as she explains to them about their brains.

• Conversation #1 -- Your Brain Remembers: Dealing with anxiety
• Conversation #2 -- Telling A Story: Dealing with Boo-boos and Traumas
• Conversation #3 -- Jack-in-the-Brain: Dealing with self-control

The Teen Brain
$15 audio CD (40 minutes)

Dr. Bryson explains important basics about the radical changes in the developing brain of teenagers, and the important role that parents have in shaping it. She helps parents understand adolescent behavior and emotions, and helps parents be better equipped to make parenting decisions. This discussion covers issues like why even responsible teens make impulsive bad choices, why they see things so differently from you, and how to help them make decisions about how they spend their time.
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Attachment: What does my childhood have to do with how I parent?
$15 audio CD (40 minutes)

Why do some parents repeat the mistakes their own parents made, and others don’t? On this CD, Dr. Bryson explains the scientific evidence showing that the most important determinant of how we parent isn’t our own childhood experiences with our caregivers. It's actually how much we have reflected on and understood those experiences. Tina discusses different types of attachment we may have had and how we can take this knowledge to understand ourselves as parents so that we can bring our best selves to our parenting.

"Summing Up the Science" Series

Summing Up the Science: Parenting an Infant
$15 audio CD (45 minutes)

With all of the gifts a newborn brings, there are plenty of challenges, too. On this CD Tina offers some suggestions for making the best decisions for your child—even while you’re being bombarded with (often contradictory) advice about how to take care of your baby.

Summing Up the Science: Parenting a Toddler
$15 audio CD (35 minutes)
How do you honor and respect the developing self of your little one, while still setting important boundaries that will teach your child how to operate in the world? Here Tina offers practical suggestions for avoiding (and escaping) power struggles and maintaining a strong connection with your toddler, even as you travel some challenging roads together.

Summing Up the Science: Parenting a school-age child
$15 audio CD (35 minutes)
Here are some ideas to help you encourage your child’s growth while also maintaining and deepening the relationship you share with them. Tina makes many practical recommendations for encouraging independence, for helping your child deal with strong emotions, and for reconnecting after conflict.

Summing Up the Science: Parenting a Teenager
$15 audio CD (40 minutes)

This CD provides practical suggestions related to how you parent your adolescent in terms of relationships, communication, behavior and discipline, and the developing mind. After detailing important scientific facts and findings regarding adolescents and their developing brains, Dr. Bryson focuses on practical tips to help you maintain your connection with your teenager, so that you can offer them a healthy dose of involvement, guidance, and limit-setting, and so that you can remain a constant, protective, and loving presence in their life.

For Educators –

Teaching with the Developing Brain in Mind: Students and Teachers Learning Together
$50 audio CDs (6 hours)

On this 5-CD recording of a two-day teacher’s workshop in Pasadena , California, you'll hear Dr. Bryson’s "Parenting with the Brain in Mind" insights applied to the classroom. The focus is on better understanding the role of experience and focused attention on the ever-developing brain. Using stories, examples, and a lot of humor, Tina encourages teachers to keep their own developing brains in mind as they nurture their students’ growing minds, as well as to apply their new knowledge to classroom management and their teaching styles.

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