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Knowing my little guy, this verbal and nonverbal confrontation would have triggered all kinds of reactive emotions in his downstairs brain—the part scientists call the reptilian brain—and he would have fought back like a reptile under attack The situation would just escalate with this approachThe downstairs (the limbic system) perceives danger and responds by telling the body to ramp up the hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol, and that we need to run away or put up a fight with something that wants to hurt us The problem, though, is that when the downstairs brain gets going the upstairs brain turns offWhereas, the downstairs brain is more primitive and animal like When our child is having an upstairs tantrum, it's sort of those times when they are being intentionally manipulative They are in control and still make choices Self Control Activity Psychoeducation Whole Brain Child Social Emotional Learning Downstairs brain