They are states, not traits.

In terms of development, very young children are right-hemisphere dominant, especially during their first three years.

When children learn to pay attention to and share their own stories, they can respond in healthy ways to everything from a scraped elbow to a major loss or trauma. What kids often need, especially when they experience strong emotions, is to have someone help them use their left brain to make sense of what’s going on—to put things in order and to na

The amygdala’s job is to quickly process and express emotions, especially anger and fear.

Implicit memories are often positive and work in our favor, like when we fully expect to be loved by those around us simply because we’ve always been loved.

One of the best ways to promote this type of integration is to help retell the story of the frightening or painful experience.

Whole-Brain Strategy #4: Use It or Lose It: Exercising the Upstairs Brain

We shine the light of awareness on those implicit memories, making them explicit so that our child can become aware of them and deal with

Whole-Brain Strategy #6: Use the Remote of the Mind: Replaying Memories