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“All behavior makes sense”

‘”It most certainly does not!” is probably your first reaction.

Parenting and neuroscience expert Robyn Gobbel is here to reveal how all behavior, no matter how baffling, can be explained and remedied. You just need to look past the behavior and understand what’s going on inside.

Robyn decodes the latest brain science into easy-to-understand principles and metaphors to help you become an expert in your child’s behavior. She reveals simple ways to help you regulate and connect with your child, with brain-, body- and sensory-based strategies to overcome day-to-day challenges. She also provides you with the knowledge to understand and regulate your own brain so that you don’t flip your lid when your child flips theirs.

Let this be your lifeline for parenting or caring for any child with baffling behaviors and hidden challenges, including kids who have experienced adversity or with additional needs.

Staff Member Review & Thoughts

“Regulated, connected kids who feel safe behave well.” If you’ve ever watched a Robyn Gobbel webinar or listened to her podcast, you’ll recognize this as her mantra. The question then becomes, how do we help kids regulate, connect, and feel safe? And how do we keep ourselves regulated when our kids display “big baffling behaviors?”

In her long-awaited book Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors, Robyn translates the brain science behind behavior into easy-to-understand concepts. The book then offers practical, real-life strategies to respond to behaviors in a way that creates connection and safety.

The book is divided into accessible “how to” sections that explore how to become an expert in your child’s behaviors, how to “fix” behaviors, how to understand our own stress responses, and how to stay regulated when your child is not.

Robyn shares insights not only from her knowledge (and love) of neuroscience but also from her extensive experience as a therapist working with children, families, and adults. Her engaging writing style and relatable examples provide a roadmap for better understanding and navigating everyday challenges.

The book has many “aha” moments and can help us see challenging behaviors in a new, more compassionate light. For example, we are reminded that an essential function of the brain is to protect us from danger, whether a threat is real or perceived. If we truly understand what’s going on from a neuroscience perspective, we can better respond in ways that create felt safety.

We’ve all had those frustrating experiences where both parent and child walk away feeling bad and disconnected. Robyn’s “wise owl, possum, and watchdog brain” metaphor helps us to identify when a child is in “protective” mode and how we can invite them back to “connection” rather than joining them in dysregulation. Best of all, it provides a fun and simple way to help kids understand their confusing behaviors. Imagine how empowering this can be, especially for the child who has come to believe they’re just “bad.”

Whether you are a parent, a professional, someone thinking about parenting, or just someone wanting to better understand the nervous system’s role in behavior, this book is life-changing.

More From Robyn Gobbel:

Champion Classrooms Webinar Recordings:

• Lying As Trauma Driven Behavior
• Creating Felt Safety

Website: https://robyngobbel.com/

The Baffling Behavior Show (podcast): https://robyngobbel.com/podcast/

Free Resources:  https://robyngobbel.com/freeresources/

Author: Robyn Gobbel
Additional Author: Foreword by Bonnie Badenoch, PhD
ISBN: 978-1-83997-428-1
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