I was listening to this pioneering, practical book for parents.  Thank you Susie for recommending this to me!!!  Neuroscientist Daniel J. Siegel and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson explain the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures.  But here’s the thing, I feel like it helped me understand my own brain, then and now.  I personally would recommend this book to all human beings!  Not just parents.  It can change your life.  The reason I say this is when you know why you do what you do, you can then begin to change things that you don’t want to do anymore. 

Now the reason I started listening to this book was because I felt like I needed to understand where my daughter is here and now so I can meet her.  I see frustrated parents time over time because they are expecting their children to act differently than where they really are.  Even my own sisters expect my daughter who is 6 to act as if she is 10.  I think it’s just human nature to not meet people where they are from lack of information and awareness. 

This book offers twelve revolutionary strategies to nurture your child’s developing mind. It is an excellent resource to help parents understand how a child’s brain develops and functions, and how they can help their child learn how to handle and respond to different experiences and challenges.

The message of this book is that families — both children and parents alike — aren’t stuck in their current circumstances.  Parents have the ability to change these circumstances by changing the way they respond and relate, and as they do this they can literally help to change their child’s brain (and their own) in the process.

The link below will take you to the free audio book.  Enjoy!