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Managing Meltdowns: How to Reduce Tantrums, Understand Big Feelings and Build Lifelong Emotion Regulation Skills

This workshop turns “a-ha” moments into actionable strategies that build life-long skills. Binge watch or go at your own pace, even a few minutes will make an impact in your home.

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Tantrums as the Last Straw

Name the Wish Behind the Meltdown

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Mid Tantrum Strategy: Song

Scripts to Use After a Meltdown

Follow this learning pathway to learn exactly what to do during and after your kids’ tantrums

1. Tantrums 101

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Managing Tantrums That Feel Irrational

Scripts for Responding to Irrational Meltdowns

Scripts for When Your Child Is Upset

Why Kids Have So Many Tantrums

Key Strategy for Tantrums: Your Presence

Follow this learning pathway to learn how to effectively respond to your child’s meltdowns 

2. How to Handle “Irrational” Meltdowns

Tantrums Are Dysregulation Not Disobedience

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What to Do When a Meltdown Gets Physical

Scripts to Address Unsafe Behavior

Scripts to Use During a Meltdown

Follow this learning pathway to know exactly what to do in these out-of-control moments

3. What To Do When Tantrums Get Physical

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Stop Tantrums Before They Start: Emotional Vaccination

Denying Your Child’s Request At A Store

Handling Tantrums in Public

Mantras to Ground Yourself When Things Feel Hard

Follow this learning pathway to learn how to respond when your child has a meltdown in public

4. Handling Tantrums in Public

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Let’s Normalize Frustration

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Simple Frustration Tolerance Strategy

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When Your Child Says “No, You Need To Help Me!”

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Make a Mistake to Increase Frustration Tolerance

Scripts to Use Ahead of a Challenging Task to Build Frustration Tolerance

Scripts to Use During a Challenging Task to Build Frustration Tolerance

Follow this learning pathway to learn how to help your child take on challenges, bounce back from failure, and become a more successful learner

5. Improve Your Child’s Frustration Tolerance

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Emotional Validation

Scripts for Setting Limits

How to Use “Two Things Are True” to Hold a Boundary With Your Kids

Boy lying on floor having a tantrum holding the ipad/tablet, parent pulling it away from him

When Your Child Has a Screen Time Meltdown

Follow this learning pathway for strategies that will help you with screen time tantrums and protests

6. Handling Screen Time Meltdowns

When Your Kid Threatens You

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Top Toothbrush Hack

Validate the Magnitude

Little girl with hands on her cheeks looking mad and frustrated, kneeling down with elbows on bed inside of a room, alone.

When Your Child Says “Leave Me Alone!”

When Your Child Has A Hard Time Losing

Mom holding young toddler son after he has had a tantrum and calming down.

Two Things Are True

Scripts to Respond to After School Dysregulation

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How to Model Realistic Regulation

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The Regulation Equation: Safety + Goodness

More On Tantrums

Are Tantrums Normal?

My Kids Are Out of Control, What Should I Do?

How Do I Handle Screen Time With My Kids?

What Can I Do When My Child Says “I Can’t Do It”?

Sore Losing and What to Do About It

Yes, One-Year-Olds Have Tantrums

Listen to the episode or skim the transcript.

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Your job isn't to stop a meltdown. It's to build up your child's capacity to handle difficult emotions.