What my child wants. Neuropsychology about how to understand the needs of your children and build harmonious relationships

The main goal of the book is to help parents create truly personal relationships with their children, based on deep respect for their individuality, reflected in the constantly changing brain and body.

Over her more than thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahouk has seen countless overwhelmed parents enter her office door. In most cases, these parents - caring, compassionate, and insightful people - have read all the books on child rearing on the shelves, but they are still in frustration and confusion, wondering why they cannot correct their child's destructive behavior.

In this book, Dr. Delahouk offers a new approach to parenting that focuses on the unique neurobiology of the child. Drawing on the latest research in neurology and polyvagal theory, which provides the foundation for understanding the connection between our nervous system and our feelings and emotions, she explains how parents can shift their focus from solving problem behavior to understanding what underlies that behavior. Instead of a "top-down" approach, assuming that the brain controls the body, she advocates for a "bottom-up" or "body-up" approach that takes into account the significant role of the entire nervous system with an emphasis on sensory processing.