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What to Do After Your Child Has a Meltdown: Repair and Reconnect Before You Lecture

What to Do After Your Child Has a Meltdown: Rep...

What should you do after your child has a meltdown? Repair and reconnect before you correct. Once your child begins to calm, keep your voice soft, skip the lecture, and...

What to Do After Your Child Has a Meltdown: Rep...

What should you do after your child has a meltdown? Repair and reconnect before you correct. Once your child begins to calm, keep your voice soft, skip the lecture, and...

Connection Before Correction: Five Co-Regulation Skills for Calming Your Child

Connection Before Correction: Five Co-Regulatio...

What should you do first when your child can't calm down? Connect before you correct. Co-regulation means lending your child your calm through warm, responsive support. When a child is...

Connection Before Correction: Five Co-Regulatio...

What should you do first when your child can't calm down? Connect before you correct. Co-regulation means lending your child your calm through warm, responsive support. When a child is...

Why Parents Need Regulation Skills Too: Calm Starts With You

Why Parents Need Regulation Skills Too: Calm St...

Can you calm your child while you are still overwhelmed yourself? Not very easily. Children tend to mirror the adults around them, so a parent's calm helps a child settle....

Why Parents Need Regulation Skills Too: Calm St...

Can you calm your child while you are still overwhelmed yourself? Not very easily. Children tend to mirror the adults around them, so a parent's calm helps a child settle....

Illustration of a mother with her arm around her young son, comforting him

Helping Children Manage Big Feelings: Start Wit...

How parents can help children name what their bodies are telling them, so coping tools have something to attach to.

Helping Children Manage Big Feelings: Start Wit...

How parents can help children name what their bodies are telling them, so coping tools have something to attach to.

Illustration of a child in a cozy space, hand on chest, noticing how their body feels, in calm colors and warm light.

Helping Kids Identify Feelings in Their Bodies

When a child is melting down, the child often doesn't know what they're feeling either. Here is how to help your child connect feelings to what they feel in their...

Helping Kids Identify Feelings in Their Bodies

When a child is melting down, the child often doesn't know what they're feeling either. Here is how to help your child connect feelings to what they feel in their...

How Sensory Tools Encourage Independent Play and Confidence

How Sensory Tools Encourage Independent Play an...

Childrenโ€™s play evolves rapidly. One day they want to hold your hand while they climb; the next, theyโ€™re seeking a quiet corner with their toys. As they grow, the goal...

How Sensory Tools Encourage Independent Play an...

Childrenโ€™s play evolves rapidly. One day they want to hold your hand while they climb; the next, theyโ€™re seeking a quiet corner with their toys. As they grow, the goal...