Kids and teens

A Danish company has just purchased 200 copies of BrainSmart Leadership to all their leaders. Some just dare and want more !!! Knowing the brain’s rules of play is an investment for life. Could you play soccer with someone who did not know the rules? Then why do we...

I have received a wonderful e-mail from a mother about what her teenage daughter and their family dynamics have gained from getting to know about the amygdala, the alarm of the brain. In my books, I describe why EVERY child, teenager, and adult deserve to know about...

In many situations where kids feel stupid, small and humiliated we could have helped them strengthen relevant connections in the brain if we had anticipated what was coming up. Thus, we could have helped them investing in a valuable life experience rather than...

Every parent probably knows this situation. Your kid has done something inappropriate like hitting or hurting someone else, excluding someone roughly or saying something that makes others feel bad or sad. You would like your kid to say “I’m sorry!” but your s/he isn’t...

The headline here is very important. It holds a pivotal brain logic: Behaviour, feelings and habits are like paths in your brain. The paths you have taken numerous times have grown broader and are thereby now the obvious choice to follow. The pathways which are used...

One of the BBC headlines this morning is about infant pupils having panic attacks. It describes a survey with 2,000 teachers of which 98 percent has come into contact with pupils who are experiencing mental health problems. The article suggests that the likely reasons...

I am often asked “what more exactly is BrainSmart Parenting™?” Here’s your short answer. BrainSmart Parenting stems from the field of applied neuroscience. It inspires parents to draw upon the rules and logics of the brain when bringing up their kids. BrainSmart...