If you give your child attention during or after a tantrum, are you rewarding the behavior and making things worse?
When your child is upset and acting out, how do you offer comfort without unintentionally reinforcing the behavior?
Those are the questions we’re unpacking in today’s episode.
You'll hear why this advice is so common, what “working” actually means in parenting, and why the lens you use to interpret your child’s behavior changes how you respond.
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⭐️ [Episode 7] Why Kids "Lose It": What's Beneath the Big Behaviors
⭐️ [FREE guide] Tantrums, & Meltdowns, & Rages...Oh My!
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❤️ FREE guide: Tantrums, & Meltdowns, & Rages...Oh My! The single parent's guide to understanding challenging behaviors
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