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Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Aliza Pressman and I'm excited to introduce you to

Mona Della Hook. Our conversation is going to be kind of an introduction to the young child's

nervous system so that instead of focusing on behaviors, eliminating behaviors, promoting behaviors,

looking at kids with a new approach considering the bigger picture, considering the relationship

and considering their nervous system. And once you understand their nervous system,

you can understand how to communicate with them and you can help them learn behaviors that will

help them. They learn self-regulation and they learn resilience. I also want to encourage everyone

if you have not already, please go sign up at doctoraliza.bulletin.com. There'll be a link in the

show notes or you can just go into my Instagram. The link is in the bio. On there is a free subscription

to a weekly newsletter. I'll be writing articles about the episodes, giving summaries and then

how to put the concepts into everyday parenting practices and also talking about articles that

are out there in the world that have an impact on our parenting. And then for a paid subscription

for 499 a month, I'm going to be having live Q&A sessions, live conversations with

subscribers and cuts from the episode that aren't on the podcast as well as articles answering

listener Q&As from my Instagram DM that I haven't gotten a chance to answer on Instagram because

they're just a little bit too long for those one-minute reels, but I know that you want to hear

the answer or because they can't be on my bonus episode. So it's just another way to reach this

community and have space for meeting everybody's needs. Hope to see you there. And if you enjoy this

episode, don't hesitate to write a little review, give a five-star rating, and as always, keep reaching

out to me. My model really is that behaviors are just the tip of the iceberg, and they provide

really useful information for parents, for teachers, for providers, but they are the signal of

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