During a meltdown, do you know how to calm your child?

Raising a higher-needs child can be exhausting.

For the mom in the trenches, finding a way to calm her child during a meltdown can feel impossible.

Girl, I know this because I’ve lived it.

All of the parenting strategies I knew to use were absolutely useless.

Everything I depended on to anchor my identity as a good Christian mom dissipated.

In hindsight, I can see that my perspective on parenting was pretty skewed from the beginning.

There are millions of adoptive, foster and special needs families in our country living this life of chaos, fear and shame.

Historically, I viewed childhood behaviors as do most in our culture: through the lens of all behavior is willful.

My heart hurts for all of the kids who grow up believing that they are “inherently bad” because they can’t seem to get it together.

It’s ok to parent our kids differently, Sweet Momma.   We can do this together.

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