Ep. 267: Boredom Triggers Dysregulation
About this episode
This episode discusses how children's reactions to boredom can trigger dysregulation in their nervous systems and the importance of understanding this response in parenting.
When kids can't tolerate boredom, it's easy to forget to put on our X-ray vision goggles and chalk it up to too much screen time or even not enough gratitude. Our kids’ reaction to boredom triggers OUR watchdog brain! If we can invite our owl to come back, we will almost certainly see that boredom flips our kids’ nervous system into protection mode. In this episode, you'll learn: Why boredom can trigger the nervous system to shift onto the protection pathwayHow vulnerability in the nervous sy...
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