How Focusing on the Nervous System Helps Us Transform Behavior

When we shift our focus from the child's behavior, to the child's nervous system, then we start to get to the root causes of the behavior. We discover that challenging behavior is actually a valid, if maladaptive response, to excessive stress; and then we understand that the child doesn't need punishment for this "bad" behavior; they need help.

And this is the moment everything starts to change... for the better.

~Melissa Holland, Inner Wisdom Parenting