
#282: Parenting Myths That Get In The Way of True Connection
Parenting Beyond Discipline
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Toddlers and Pre Schoolers, and They Still Have a Logical Brain During Times of Stress
When babies are first born, the limbic brain is in full working order. The logical brain has a long way to go with language and reasoning skills. As an adult, we can still experience moments of complete disconnection from our logical brain. For some adults who never learnt how to connect with and express feelings more skilfully, they can get very stuck in their limbic brain during times of stress. It's that pure emotion, like that deep anger, resentment, the fear. But for us as adults, hopefully we recognize it, which is our logical mind stepping in and saying, iam out of control. I need to pull this back immediately.
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