Preventing Meltdowns in the Long Term

Preventing Meltdowns in the Long Term

From Become A Calm Mama by Darlynn Childress

May 21, 2026 · 30 min · Season 2 · Episode 20

About this episode

This episode discusses strategies for preventing meltdowns in children through connected parenting and coaching conversations.

Understanding how to deal with a meltdown (aka Big Feeling Cycle) in the moment is a really valuable skill, but it doesn't end there. Ultimately, we want to use connected parenting and coaching conversations to prevent meltdowns in the long term. You’ll Learn: The skill your kid might be lacking if they’re having a lot of meltdowns What a coaching conversation is and why to have them The 3 steps of a coaching conversation Listen as I walk you through how to use coaching conversations in parenting to teach your child how to align their behavior with your family's values and manage the way they think, feel, and act. ---------------------------------- Kids aren't born knowing about time, money, manners, or managing their emotions. Over the course of parenting and raising them, you're teaching them how the world works, how feelings work, how their bodies work, how time works, how money works. This is parenting. And our goal is to do it in a thoughtful, respectful way. What is a Coaching Conversation? Basically, a coaching conversation is a teaching conversation that coaches your kids toward new skills, new values, and new concepts for understanding how things work in the world. One…

People in this episode

Host: Darlynn Childress

Topics covered

  • meltdowns
  • connected parenting
  • coaching conversations
  • emotional management
  • parenting skills

Keywords

  • meltdown prevention
  • Big Feeling Cycle
  • coaching conversation
  • parenting techniques
  • emotional skills

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