What Is Co-Regulation and Why Your Child Can’t Calm Down Without You If your child cannot calm down on their own when they are really upset, this is not a character flaw and it is not bad parenting. It is a developmental reality — and understanding it changes...
Emotional Regulation vs Emotional Intelligence: What Parents Need to Know Emotional regulation and emotional intelligence are terms that are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. Understanding the difference helps you focus on what your child...
The Repair Conversation: What to Do After the Meltdown The meltdown is over. Your child has calmed down. You have calmed down. And now there is an important opportunity that most parents either skip or handle in a way that reopens the wound rather than closing it....
Why Telling Your Child to Calm Down Makes It Worse If you have ever told a distressed child to calm down and watched the situation immediately escalate, you have experienced this firsthand. It seems logical — you want them calmer, you tell them to be calmer. But...
How to Stay Calm When Your Child Is Out of Control Staying calm when your child is in the middle of a meltdown is one of the hardest things parenting asks of you. It is also the most important. Here is what is actually happening in your body during these moments, and...
What you say after a hard moment with your child matters more than what you said during it. The fight itself is rarely where the damage happens. The damage happens when the fight ends and nothing is said. The repair conversation is the simple, calm exchange that...
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