Dear Global Self-Reggers: Our Duty and Mission
By Dr. Stuart Shanker Dear Global Self-Reggers,Towards the end of the Iliad, after Achilles has gone on his murdering rampage, Apollo describes how: “Achilles’ mind is unbalanced, nor is his thought kept in check in his breast; his thoughts are wild, like a lion...
Dear global Self-reggers: Ukraine
March 3, 2022 Dear Global Self-Reggers, I can’t possibly write a letter in which I ignore what Ukraine is undergoing. By the same token, important as it is to voice our support and horror, I need to stay focused on what Self-Reg can possibly say that hasn’t...
Want vs. Need: The Dopamine Fix and the SEEKing system
By Dr. Stuart Shanker Online gaming and social media are amongst the most significant social experiments that have ever been conducted, succeeding beyond the wildest dreams of their creators. To cite just one example: World of Warcraft was released in...
Dear global Self-reggers: a letter from stuart shanker
We welcome you to read and respond to this first letter for Self-Reggers around the world, originally penned by Stuart Shanker on February 17th, 2021. - Dear Global Self-Reggers,I am working this week on the global epidemic of anger. We see it everywhere: an alarming...
Recontextualizando los comportamientos disruptivos en el jardín de infantes
El Jardín de Infancia (Kindergarten) supone una gran transición en la vida de los niños: de ser niños cuidados y mimados a ser tratados como personas responsables. Ahora son estudiantes y, como tales, tienen que cumplir ciertas expectativas, como se mencionaba en un...
In My Dreams
I was a child of the 60’s. The big thing for my generation was the music. And for me and my friends, that meant Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). I’ve been thinking all week about the songs that moved us in a way that can still make me shiver when I hear them:...
Considerando los diferentes tipos de Por qué
El educador o progenitor Self Reg busca comprender, en lugar de controlar, el comportamiento de un niño. En efecto, lo que se está replanteando aquí es el significado de ver a la maestra del jardín de infantes como una profesional y no como una niñera glorificada:...
La perspectiva Self-Reg de_ “Diagnosticando” el Trastorno Oposicionista Desafiante
Acababa de terminar una larga sesión matutina, y, cuando salía, una mujer en un obvio estado de estrés me paró. Me dijo que su hijo de 8 años había sido diagnosticado con el Trastorno Oposicionista Desafiante (TOD) y que no sabía qué hacer. ¿Ayudaría al niño la...
Recontextualizando los comportamientos disruptivos: Cerebro Azul, Cerebro Rojo y Cerebro Gris
Updated: May 11 Los distintos tipos de "¿Por qué? Padres y madres de bebés siempre se están preguntando por qué. "¿Por qué está llorando? ¿Tiene hambre? ¿Está mojado, asustado, aburrido? ¿Se siente solo?" Como no podemos preguntárselo (al bebé), nos ponemos a...
Self-Reg And The Environment: Local and Global
Like people everywhere, Australians are enduring many forms of hardship because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but here, the virus came on the heels of an unprecedented season of bushfires; we were already a nation reeling when we went into lockdown. The environment...