<p>You’ve learned how important it is to stay calm when a child is melting down or acting out. That in itself can be difficult, but what should you do if you are able to stay calm and it doesn’t seem to help… or even if your calm upsets your child more? In this episode, we’ll discuss why staying calm may backfire and what truly helps to diffuse dramatic situations.</p>

You’ve learned how important it is to stay calm when a child is melting down or acting out. That in itself can be difficult, but what should you do if you are able to stay calm and it doesn’t seem to help… or even if your calm upsets your child more? In this episode, we’ll discuss why staying calm may backfire and what truly helps to diffuse dramatic situations.

Episode 204: When You Stay Calm and Situations Don’t Get Better

This podcast is for parents who not only want to short-term tips for handling current kids' behaviors and moods, but who are exhausted from addressing the same situation over and over and want to find solutions that last much longer into the future.
Because you will receive plans and step-by-step tools, it's also for parents who crave feeling in control -- and who do much better with structure than the chaos traditionally associated with parenting.

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This podcast is for parents who not only want to short-term tips for handling current kids' behaviors and moods, but who are exhausted from addressing the same situation over and over and want to find solutions that last much longer into the future. Because you will receive plans and step-by-step tools, it's also for parents who crave feeling in control -- and who do much better with structure than the chaos traditionally associated with parenting.

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