A creative and illustrated text to understand the brain of children, an explanation for parents and four practical exercises to do together within the family group. These are some of the elements that make up the book, “Tono y Tino”, written by Catalina Gracia, a publicist by profession and author of this work that, through neuroscience and positive discipline, teaches about how to understand parenting and see it from why the little ones behave in a certain way. That is, why are they dysregulated or why do they have tantrums.
For this reason, from this book, we seek to put an end to the concept of “children misbehave just because”. At the same time, it tries to install that they act according to their age as a product of their brain and that, sometimes, this situation leads parents to lose patience. “This is information that has not been taught before, and has installed a misunderstanding of misbehavior and tantrums. This has us looking at parenting in the wrong way and the important thing is to make the change of switch”, says Gracia.
“I am a mother who had a hard time with parenting, but, through my motivation, I wanted to investigate understanding children in their development process,” explains the book’s author, Catalina Gracia, who is certified in “Positive Discipline Association” -which consists of educating parents in raising children in a respectful and fearless way- and is about to finish a master’s degree in Emotional Intelligence based on neuroscience.
Process Compression
Without going any further, for this rookie publicist and writer, “the brains of boys and girls also have their process. Their ability to digest the situations and conflicts of life depends on this development. Also, your frustration, impulses, how to express your needs and feelings. Or a classic: why our young children do not understand what we ask of them, even if we do it a thousand times!” emphasizes Catalina Gracia with humor.
In a scenario in which the pandemic has triggered episodes of aggressiveness in schools and in adults in general, often due to confinement, uncertainty and misunderstanding, this book becomes a help guide for parents around the world. How to understand children’s behavior. The point is to address and prevent situations that can trigger insecurity in them, in a dimension in which they can begin to perceive that parents are not fit to understand or raise them.
Respect and no punishment
In practice, this book is based on a brief explanation of neuroscience, a story, and four practical exercises. Thus, fathers, mothers and primary caregivers will learn to change their view and understanding of boys and girls. With this, a relationship based on respect will be created, free from punishment, shouting and threats.
The story written by Catalina Gracia revolves around two friends who live in our heads. The chameleon “Tono”, who is in charge of telling us how to react according to our emotions and activate our survival instinct, and the bear “Tino”, who is responsible for storing everything we observe and learn.
Illustrated by Pola Hoffmann, “Tono y Tino” is an invitation to learn, together with your sons and daughters, the process of their brain development. Consequently, to create an atmosphere of respect and understanding in the family. In turn, the text seeks to instill in moms and dads skills to understand the reactions of the little ones and thus accept and work on them.
The book is already on sale through www.editorialazafran.cl, at a value of $15,990. Meanwhile, from the month of August, it will be available in bookstores and on the Buscalibre.cl platform.
