Ever notice how your child is polite, quiet, and well-behaved everywhere else…

but completely unravels with you?

In this episode, we’re unpacking why kids often act out the most with the parent they feel safest with and why that behaviour is actually information, not failure.

We talk about:

• Why children “hold it together” in public and release it at home

• What emotional safety really looks like (and why it’s exhausting)

• The difference between misbehavior and emotional unloading

• Why you get the hardest parts of your child

• How to reframe acting out without excusing harmful behavior

• What kids are really communicating when they melt down with you

If you’ve ever thought:

• “Why are they so good for everyone else?”

• “What am I doing wrong?”

• “Why do I get the worst version of them?”

This episode is for you.

You’re not failing.

You’re likely the place they feel safest to fall apart.

I Just Sat Down — honest conversations about parenting, nervous systems, and the mental load we carry.

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