A Key to Your Child’s Optimal Brain Development
“One generation full of deeply loving parents would change the brain of the next generation, and with that, the world.” …
Tag: cooperation
How to Win a Child’s Desire to Co-operate
In almost every workshop I do, whether with parents, childcare providers or teachers, the desire is expressed for the children in their life to cooperate. However, when adults refer to wanting children to cooperate, they often mean that they want the child to be compliant. But the meanings of cooperation…
Talking to Children in Ways that Invite Cooperation
We’ve always heard that how we say something is more important than what we say. Now we know why. It’s because of mirror neurons. Mirror neurons allow us to tune in to the movements and feelings of others and are often referred to as “monkey see, monkey do” neurons. They…
Ask Questions – Step 7 in “Encouraging Kids to More Cooperative Behavior”
Getting Kids to Listen Can be as Simple as Asking a Question! My last post was with regards to the need to develop children’s inner locus of control and the fact that children who develop a strong inner locus of control are also more successful academically and in other areas…