Kids & Big Feelings
Your Calm Is Their Calm: Why Your Kid Cannot Settle Until You Do
It is 6:47pm and you are trying to brush a child’s teeth while another one is yelling about a sock and your shoulders are...
Kids & Big Feelings
What Your Child’s Anger Is Actually Trying To Tell You
Your kid is screaming because of the wrong cup. Or the sock seam. Or because you breathed in their general direction. You know this...
Kids & Big Feelings
Helping Your Child Feel Safe To Talk About Their Feelings
Last Tuesday my daughter came home from school and said fine in that voice. You know the voice. The one that means anything but...
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Kids & Big Feelings
How to Handle Big Feelings After School When Your Kid Is Completely Done
She walked in, dropped her bag on the floor, and burst into tears because I poured her juice into the wrong cup. The wrong....
Kids & Big Feelings
Why Your Kid Goes From Zero to Screaming in About Four Seconds (And What’s Actually Happening in Their Brain)
You’re having a perfectly normal evening. Dinner is done, the kitchen is mostly dealt with, and bedtime is technically within reach. And then. You...
Kids & Big Feelings
17 Positive Parenting Solutions That Actually Work
There’s a moment most parents know well. You repeat yourself for the fifth time. Your voice gets sharper. The behavior continues. And you’re left...
Kids & Big Feelings
Calming Techniques for Kids: Simple Ways to Help Children Feel Safe and Regulated
How do calming techniques for kids actually work when emotions take over so fast? One moment your child is building Lego towers or eating...
Kids & Big Feelings
The Difference Between Routines and Rhythms (And Why Rhythms Are Kinder for Overwhelmed Moms)
Why do routines look so good on paper but fall apart by 9 a.m.? Why does everyone else seem to manage them just fine,...
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Hi, I'm Wendy.The mom in your corner.
A late-realized AuDHD mom in a blended family of seven, writing the posts I needed when I was crying on the bathroom floor. Every post here is written by me, from real life.