Jan 13 • General discussion
The Upstairs & Downstairs Brain – A Simple Way to Understand Your Child
Ever wonder why your child can be so thoughtful one moment... and completely lose it the next?
Dr. Dan Siegel's "Whole-Brain Child" model explains it perfectly 👇
🧠 Upstairs Brain (thinking brain)
Problem-solving, reasoning, empathy
Making good decisions
Regulating emotions
🧠 Downstairs Brain (survival brain)
Big emotions, impulses, reactions
Fight, flight, freeze
Protection mode
When kids feel safe, both floors work together. But when they're overwhelmed? The upstairs goes offline.
🏚️That's not bad behaviour – that's brain science.
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The Upstairs & Downstairs Brain – A Simple Way to Understand Your Child
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