EP 275: Does Lowering Demands Ever Cause More Stress?
About this episode
This episode explores how lowering demands can affect children differently, potentially causing more stress for some while providing relief for others.
Screens. Sugar. Anything that feels really good. The advice to just "lower the demand" can fall really short because for some kids, more access brings real relief. But for others, more access actually causes more stress and we wind up asking kids to take on a responsibility that is beyond their developmental capacity. This episode digs into what's actually generating the stress underneath the behavior, and what it looks like when a kid needs to be held steady instead of shifting our ex...
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