Mindsight and the Developing Brain: Why Your Child Can't 'Just Behave'
By Jayanta Chakraborty
We have all been there. You tell your child to put on their shoes for the tenth time, and they are still playing with Lego. Or perhaps they have just hit their sibling after being told to share. The rising heat in your chest screams, "They are being defiant! They know better!" But do they?
At Monk Parent India, we rely heavily on the work of Dr. Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, authors of The Whole-Brain Child. Their research introduces us to a concept that changes everything: Mindsight. Mindsight is the ability to see the mind behind the behavior. It is the understanding that a child’s behavior is not a calculated attack on your authority, but a visible symptom of their internal neurological state. When we combine mindsight with an understanding of brain development, we realize that much of what we label as "misbehavior" is actually "developmentally appropriate behavior" for a brain under construction.
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