Tina Payne Bryson has a Ph.D., and has written several books on attachment science, child-rearing, and interpersonal neurobiology. Dan Siegel is a Professor of psychiatry at UCLA, and has vast experience working with children and early childhood development. Furthermore, how we react to these differences has a significant impact on a child's emotional development.

What we often forget is that children have different neurological processes.

The interdisciplinary 'whole-brain' approach, combines science and everyday examples, to practically provide parents and caregivers the tools to address conflict within adult-child relationships.ĭiscipline is one of the most challenging aspects of parenting, and numerous books have been written on how to do it right. No-Drama Discipline, co-authored by Daniel Siegel and Tina Bryson, provides a workable guide to re-thinking our perceptions of discipline. Older generations may scoff about a 'jolly good hiding,' or a 'firmer hand,' while others may advocate for a 'time out.' Or, you may think that the child needs more discipline, or clearly hasn't been disciplined enough. Perhaps you've felt embarrassed, annoyed, judgemental, pitying, or even furious? You may feel as if the parents are at fault for not disciplining their child correctly, or that you yourself are a terrible parent. Have you ever experienced your child having a meltdown in a toy store because you refused them a toy? Or have you ever been an onlooker, witnessing a child lying prostrate on the floor and screaming over not being given an ice-cream? In scenarios such as these, you've likely had a range of reactions.

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