Imagination: The Brain’s Emotional Sandbox
When a child insists the bed is a pirate ship or the hallway is lava, they are not simply “being…
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Play Is Not a Reward. It’s the Operating System.
Play is often treated as dessert after the “real work” of learning and behaving. Neuroscience says the opposite: for children,…
Why Conflict With Kids Isn’t a Failure—It’s Data
Every close relationship has rupture. In families, the question is not whether conflict happens, but what happens next. Research on…
The Emotional Gap: Kids Feel First, Adults Explain Later
Children and adults have the same basic emotions—joy, fear, anger, sadness, surprise, love—but different timelines. In children: In adults: A…
Why Shared Attention Is a Hidden Superpower
One of the most powerful brain‑building tools in childhood costs nothing: looking at the same thing together. When a child…
Why Kids Move So Much (and Why That’s Not Misbehavior)
Stillness is an adult fantasy, not a developmental norm. Movement in children is not just “extra energy”—it is a core…
Sensory Overload Is Not Drama. It’s Data.
Many “mystery meltdowns” are sensory events in disguise. Children’s sensory systems are still developing. They take in more sound, light,…
Co‑Regulation: Why “Calm Down” Almost Never Works
Telling a dysregulated child to “calm down” is like telling a car with no brakes to “stop.” During big emotions,…
Behavior Is Not the Problem. It’s the Headline.
Every meltdown, refusal, or shutdown is the last line of a story that started much earlier in the nervous system….
Kids Live in the Present. Adults Live in the Calendar.
Time is not felt the same way at six and at thirty‑six. Children’s brains are wired for “now.” The present…