10 Do’s & Don’ts to Stop Emotional Fireworks & Meet Sensory Needs #495
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Should you really not give kids eye contact when they are upset? Why does too much talking and the sweet approach make kids more angry? What specific actions steps de-escalate meltdowns? How we can we help kids who need sensory pressure? Kirk gives you 10 very practical action steps to take in this short, jam-packed episode.
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| 1:04.0 | So it's almost the 4th of July here in America. So that means fireworks. And that means your |
| 1:09.9 | sensory kids are going to melt down if you |
| 1:12.6 | take them to see fireworks. And then there are going to be fireworks among spouses as you argue over |
| 1:18.5 | this. So how can you help kids with sensory issues? How do you put out the emotional fireworks |
| 1:23.5 | in your home? That is what we're going to discuss on today's very action-packed episode of the |
| 1:28.4 | Calm Parenting Podcast. So welcome. This is Kirk Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm. You can find us and our |
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| 1:38.7 | our strong will colony rebelling against the authority figure almost 250 years ago and then we wonder why we have so |
| 1:46.7 | many strong-will kids here by the way Australia I love our Australian friends we get so |
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| 1:55.4 | strong-will kids over there so let's jump into this I want to give you 10 do's and |
| 1:59.9 | don'ts for putting out the emotional |
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