Research-based education to help parents and caregivers stay steady during hard behaviours and support children’s emotional development
Emotionally skilled adults raise emotionally healthy children
Parents & caregivers
Learn what’s happening in your child’s brain and yours. Get research-based tools to stay steady through hard behaviour and big emotions.
Pediatric Clinicians
When parents ask about big emotions and hard behaviour, be ready with the evidence. Research-based workshops for your practice.
Early childhood educators
Understand how your stress & emotions influence their behaviour. Build co-regulation skills that support the child’s emotional development.
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The Reflective Parenting Podcast.
For parents who want to better understand themselves, their emotions, and the patterns shaping family life. (You can also join our book club!)
Parents ask about hard behaviour. Be ready with the research.
Online workshops for pediatric clinicians, led by neuroscientist Cindy Hovington
Families bring you questions about tantrums, stress, sleep, and what’s “normal.” Most clinicians never got formal training in these conversations, and the research keeps changing.
I read the research, translate it into plain takeaways, and show you where the evidence is strong and where it isn’t. You’ll leave with language and ideas you can use in your next appointment.
What we cover
- How caregiver stress shapes parent–child interactions
- Children’s emotion regulation and how it develops
- How the home environment supports or strains it
- Supporting neurodivergent children and their families
Little kids with big feelings. Be the calm they borrow.
Neuroscience-informed training for early childhood and K-5 educators
Children’s stress responses are shaped by the environments they spend their days in, and you are a big part of that environment. But it can be hard to stay steady when you’re managing your own stress and a room full of big emotions.
Curious Neuron turns brain science and developmental psychology research into everyday tools. You’ll learn to:
- Understand what’s happening in the brain and body during stress
- Strengthen your own emotion regulation
- Use co-regulation to support children’s emotional development in real classroom moments
Our Early Childhood Certification launches in 2027.
The latest research focused on family emotional health
Emotion regulation skills, child behaviour and emotions, parental well-being, stress management and more. Stay up to date with the research.
Trusted by parents & clinicians around the world
Curious Neuron COMPLETELY CHANGED OUR LIVES and I'm afraid to even imagine what the mental health of my daughter would be now if we had not discovered Curious Neuron and I would have not learned how to control my own emotions as a parent
Domenic, Dad of a 6-year-oldMontreal, Canada
Curious Neuron is an example of positive change in the right direction.
Dr. Bruce PerryPsychiatrist, Neuroscientist, #1 NYT Bestselling author of What Happened to You
Dr. Cindy had an knowledgeable interesting discussion concerning the topic of regulating parents’ emotions with our team and its profound impact on children’s health and development. Understanding and addressing these dynamics is essential for fostering a nurturing environment that supports the growth and well-being of our next generation.
Dr.Rashed AlNooryaniGovernment Policy Leader, UAE
Meet our founder
Healthier childhoods begin with emotionally aware adults. Dr. Cindy Hovington has made that her mission.
Cindy Hovington, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist, TEDx speaker, and mother of three. In 2017 she started a parent-focused blog to share what the research says about emotions, stress, and the brain. Today, Curious Neuron reaches more than [200,000] parents in over 70 countries through its podcast, community, and social media.
Her work has grown to serve the professionals who support families too. She has delivered hundreds of workshops and keynotes worldwide, trained pediatric clinicians and early childhood educators, and supported schools and school boards across North America in educator burnout prevention and nervous system awareness. She has advised emotional health companies, large technology companies, and policymakers in Abu Dhabi, all with one goal: to help build emotionally healthy homes, classrooms, and communities where children can thrive.
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