1. Parenting at Your Best Using Neuroscience and Neuro-Linguistic Programming to create a Harmonious Household

2. Optimal Brain Functioning
Sleep, Nutrition, Movement
Understanding the Brain
Phrasings that make the household harmonious

3. The Prize

4. Attachment
“Mom can we get up now? “Sure you can. We aren’t attached…Yes we are.”
Oxytocin- attachment and love hormone
Strengthen through eye gazing, touching, and cuddling.

5. Multiple Smartness

6. Sleep Develop a sleep routine
Stop Screen time 1.5 to 2 hours before bed.
Sleep in as dark as space as possible.
Sleep Cycle is 1.5 hours.
Age Hours
Learning takes place,
getting rid of emotionally charged material

7. Nutrition Healthy Fats and Protein Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snack
7 Brain Foods for Kids
1. Eggs protein and nutrients in eggs help kids concentrate
2. Full Fat Plain Yogurt Fat is important to brain health
3. Greens Full of folate and vitamins
4. Fish Vitamin D and omega-3s
5. Nuts and Seeds protein, essential fatty acids
6. Oatmeal   keep heart and brain  arteries clear
7. Apples and Plums quercetin

8. Movement How many Olympic sports does your family participate in every day?

11. Amygdala

14. Parenting is tough
We generally parent as we were parented. Learning new strategies can help you and your child enjoy each other and have more fun!

15. Scarlett’s Recipe for Parenting
Understand the Adult/Child power dynamic Calms the D.B.
Expectations Calms D.B./Engages U.B.
Give Choices Calms D.B./Engages U.B.
Acknowledge Feelings and L/R
Teach Safe Ways to Express Them.
Help your child tell their story Calms and reprocesses L/R
Teach Conflict Resolution skills Calms and Reprocesses L/R
Consider saving No’s for Safety only

16. Expectations Safety In Public Car Living Room Respect Kitchen
Responsible
Respect
Safety
In Public
Car
Living
Room
Kitchen

19. Engage Don’t Enrage Walk inside Don’t run inside!
Pens are for paper. Don’t write on the wall!
Curfew is 11 p.m Don’t come home late!
Task then play The house is a mess!

20. Enforceable Statements
My car leaves at 8 a.m.
I keep the toys I pick up.
You can keep the toys you pick up.
I will listen as soon as your voice is as calm as mine.

21. Choices Choose two ideas that you are comfortable with and offer them.
Do you want to wear the red shirt or the blue shirt?
Do you want to go to your friends house at 1 p.m. or 4 p.m.?

22. Harmonious Phrasings And either or Both either or
Invite Do it or else.
Consider Do it or else.
Make another choice No!
When _____ then ____.

23. I message When you ________________. I feel __________________.
I want _________________

24. Acknowledge Feelings and Safely Express them

25. Name it to Tame it

26. Move it or Lose it

27. Talk It Out Stop and Cool Off. Take a deep Breathe Ask for help
Take a deep Breathe
Ask for help
Laugh it off
Forget about it
Walk Away
Count to ten
Hulk It
O.K. What is the problem?
How can you solve the problem?
  Use humor
Apologize
Take Turns
Postpone
Share
Use an I message
Compromise
Problem Solve

29. Remember the Prize

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