How the Body and Nervous System Protect our Kids

Have you ever said your child, “Don’t yell at your brother!” What’s happening in a child’s body filled with anger is louder than what’s going on in their brain. As Christi says in this episode, “Our body sends 10 messages to our brain for every 1 our brain sends to our body.” This is why lecturing an overwhelmed child often feels useless. In other words, our body speaks louder than our brain. So why have we stopped listening to the body? What’s actually going in our child’s body in their anger? What’s happening on our body in our anger? And why, for our children, is loving touch the most powerful way for the body to know “felt safety?” As we close out season 6 on Relational Intelligence in Kids, Christi answers these questions and shares why the body protects our children anytime there is a threat to their connection, belonging, safety, and dignity. She also explains how we as parents can help our kids restore felt safety and why these principles will be an integral part of KidsRQ. Time Stamps: 0:00 KidsRQ and body-based tools 3:00 Why the body matters for healing 5:20 The tripartite God and what it means for us created in His image 9:12 How the nervous system and emotions protect children 17:47 Relating to our kids on earth as in heaven 21:52 Moving emotion through your body 25:27 Ways to learn this through Famous at Home Show Notes: Sign up for a free trial of KidsRQ! Join KidsRQ at the Founding Members rate: Interested in Tender & Fierce? Click here to join interest list: If you’re interested in a marriage you love, fill out this form: Download NONAH's single Find My Way Home by clicking here:

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How the Body and Nervous System Protect our Kids is an episode from Famous at Home by Josh + Christi Straub.

This episode is 28:20 long.

This episode was published on Oct 15, 2025.

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