The crocodile brain
Il cervello coccodrillo ci ha aiutati a visualizzare l’emozione e domarla.
Carlotta Cerri
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Fondatrice de La Tela
22 settembre 2019
“It’s your crocodile”.
This is something I say a lot to my kids during a crisis. Because when they're feeling big emotions they must recognise what's happening before they can process and manage the feeling: when they understand what's happening they can get back in touch with their rational brain.
When I tell them, I do like this with my hand: it's like the crest of a crocodile (representing their reptilian brain) and they know what it means.
This is something I say a lot to my kids during a crisis. Because when they're feeling big emotions they must recognise what's happening before they can process and manage the feeling: when they understand what's happening they can get back in touch with their rational brain.
When I tell them, I do like this with my hand: it's like the crest of a crocodile (representing their reptilian brain) and they know what it means.
Understanding how the brain works and using the crocodile hand helps parents break the myth of tantrums, and kids recognise what's happening in their body and process feeling in a constructive way.
If you are interested in learning more and understating how to explain all of this to your kids, please take a look at my mini course "It's Your Crocodile" — you can find it in the shop.
If you are interested in learning more and understating how to explain all of this to your kids, please take a look at my mini course "It's Your Crocodile" — you can find it in the shop.
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Carlotta Cerri
– Fondatrice de La Tela
Sono la fondatrice de La Tela, creatrice del podcast Educare con calma e dal 2019 viaggio a tempo pieno con la mia famiglia Alex, Oliver ed Emily. Mi ritengo una visionaria pessimista: so come voglio cambiare l’educazione e che genitore ho scelto di essere, ma la maggior parte dei giorni mi sembra di scalare pareti di vetro. Ma forse proprio per questo so come aiutarti quando mi scrivi: perché ci passo anche io per quel disagio e ti dico le verità scomode con gentilezza e senza giudizio.
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