Creating Better Little Humans

The fifth and final AARMA Superpower is  Accountability — owning our actions, learning from our choices, and using that learning to grow!​​ The science The brain learns through cause and effect. Every time a child reflects on what happened and why, they’re...

The fourth AARMA Superpower is  Motivation — the energy that gets us started and keeps us going! ​​ The science The brain loves progress. Dopamine acts like a spark plug — it fires up motivation whenever we experience movement toward a goal.​ But here’s the catch: the...

The third AARMA Superpower is  Regulation — helping our children recognise and manage their emotional responses so their Wise Handler Brain can stay in charge.  Calm brains learn best.​ The science When a child (or adult) feels angry, frustrated, or scared, the Guard...

The second AARMA Superpower is Acceptance — learning to understand and embrace ourselves and others, even when we’re different or imperfect.  It is also important to learn how to accept circumstances that are beyond our control.​​ The science The human brain is...

Continuing our theme of building our children’s Human AARMA, let’s look at the first AARMA Principle – Awareness – developing the ability to pause, notice and make wise choices. ​ The science The brain loves shortcuts.  It develops 'habits' and 'automatic responses'...

Our children are facing many challenges ahead.  We can prepare them by building their Human AARMA!  Their shield of protection that will set them up to face those challenges, to be successful, to contribute positively to their communities and to support their friends...

You've seen it before (and done it before yourself!) - the sudden outburst when a child or teen yells, slams a door, or bursts into tears over something small.  One minute they are calm; the next their brain has gone rogue.  What's happening?It's not necessarily...

You know those days when you ask a little human, “Why did you do that?” — and they shrug and say, “I don’t know”?  Well… they’re not lying. Their brain actually doesn’t know — at least not yet. The truth is, being human is hard work. Even for us big humans, our brains...