Solving the Parenting Puzzle

Contents

Preface

1. Your Thinking Style Shapes Your Parenting

Meet the Four Thinking Styles

What’s Your Thinking Style?

Healthy Family Respect Differences

Reminders

2. Apply Brain Reserch to Strengthen Your Family

Brain Research Every Parent Can Use

Reminders

3. Use Four Styles to Teach Discipline and Life Skills

Thinking Styles Regress Under Stress

Communicate in Ways Your Child Will Hear

Multiple Ways to Teach Children Life Skills

Reminders

4. Speak So Others Will Understand You

I Liked You Better When We Were Dating

Tips to Improve Family Communication

Get in Tune with Your Family Members

Each Thinking Style Expresses Love Differently

Successfully Manage Family Differences

Reminders

5. Explore How Your Child’s Brain Learns Best

Why Don’t You Learn the Way I Do?

Make Your Home a Learning Place

Reminders

6. Support Whole Brain^™ Decision Making

Using Whole Brain^™ Method for Making Decisions

Whole Brain^™ Decision Making at Family Meetings

Family Decisions: Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Rules

Prioritize Your Values and Choose Your Battles Wisely

Reminders

7. Nurture Mental Diversity

Families Model Appreciating Mental Diversity

Six Stages of Coping with Change

Strengthening Underdeveloped Thinking Styles

Reminders

8. Respect How Each Thinking Style Manages Stress

Same Stress, Different Responses

How Do I Know What I’m Feeling?

Thinking Styles Emphasize Specific Emotional Intelligence Skills

Calming Responses for Each Thinking Style

Reminders

9. Strengthen Your Brain and Build Your Relationships

You Can Teach an Older Brain New “Tricks”

Move from Insight to Action

NARN (Notice, Accept, Reflect, and Nurture): Creating New Neural Pathways

Spiritual Intelligence

Spiritual Parenting

Reminders

Conclusion

Index