How To Help Your Kid Calm Down

About this episode

This episode discusses practical strategies for helping children manage their emotions through movement.

When we talk about raising emotionally healthy kids, a big part of that is teaching kids what to DO with their feelings. Giving them better strategies to manage their feelings than name calling, hitting, running away, or shutting down. You’ll Learn: Why movement is the best way to process big feelings. How to keep everyone safe if your child is hitting, kicking, or hurting 3 categories of movement that help kids (and adults) regulate their nervous systems How to use your child’s behavior as a clue to what their body needs Listen as I talk about how to help your kid calm down in a really practical way. --------------------------------------------------- 3 Ways to Calm Down When the brain gets overwhelmed or feels threatened, it gets flooded with chemicals like cortisol and adrenaline. The best way to calm the nervous system is almost always to let the emotional energy out through the body, through movement. I like to think of movement in 3 categories: #1: Push it out. Push the big feelings out. I think of these as big, heavy movements. #2: Pull it in. Pull in a sense of comfort and soothing. These are quieter. #3: Move it around. Swirl the emotion around inside your body to shake…

People in this episode

Host: Darlynn Childress

Topics covered

• emotional health
• child behavior
• movement strategies
• parenting techniques
• calming methods

Keywords

• calm down
• emotional regulation
• parenting
• movement
• big feelings
• nervous system

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