...the better we can soothe them when they are agitated, or support them when they are low, the better they will be able to “absorb” how...

“...rewards and punishments are worthless at best, at destructive at worst, for helping children to develop such values and skills. What...

Love grows brains... #FredRogers #Development #Relationships #RelationalRepair #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Connection

"We’re spending all this money on mental health “but we are spending almost nothing in the first 5 yrs of life, when the brain is the...

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It’s an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the...

The child is not the problem, the problem is the problem. “See a child differently, you see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker...

‪“The most important thing that parents need to understand is that the brain of their child will become exactly what the child was...

“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” - Peggy O’Mara #BrookeHampton #PeggyOMara #Development #Connection...

“Experience shapes brain structure. Experience is biology. How we treat our children changes who they are and how they will develop.” -...

Your child isn’t giving you a hard time, your child is having a hard time... NVR can help #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...

What makes children get better from a trauma is connection to other human beings.... those kinds of interactions end up being much more...

“Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them” - Bruce D...

"What happened to you? Who are you? What is your story? What kaleidoscope do you see the world through? We need to see the person behind...

Get trauma-informed... “Push past the simple question ‘What happened to you?’ and ask ‘When did it happen?’, ‘Who was there to help?’,...

Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....

We’re now taking online bookings for our 1-day Introduction to NVR Workshop for anyone who lives or works with violent & destructive...

“Telling a child in fight or flight that ‘you’re not alone’ is the same message we gave the child in infancy, and what is truly...

#FiNewood #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NVR #NonviolentResistance

NHS Health Scotland produced this short animation to contribute to raising awareness about the impact of childhood adversity. #ACEs...

“Instead of fighting against your child, try working with your child. Childhood should be a team effort, not a battleground.” - LR Knost...