In this episode of UnMuted Love, Ce Eshelman, LMFT, pulls back the curtain on one of the most confusing parenting dilemmas—especially for parents of children from difficult beginnings. What looks like entitlement on the surface is often nervous system dysregulation underneath. Through a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based lens, Ce helps parents learn how to tell the difference between entitlement and dysregulation, why the behaviors can look identical, and how responding to the wrong root cause can make things worse instead of better. Nobody needs that.

This episode offers practical next steps—without shame, blame, or parenting perfectionism. (Nobody needs that, either.)

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From Ce Eshelman:

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Unmuted Love is a free podcast for parents of children from difficult beginnings of adoption and abuse trauma. Ce is an adoptive mom of two, step-mom of two, and an Attachment and Trauma Specialist. The Unmuted Love Podcast is part of Love Matters Parenting Society and The Attach Place Center for Strengthening Relationships, LLC. For more information about joining this vibrant community of parents, https://www.lovemattersparenting.com/lmps1.

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