5 Ways to Stop Anxiety-Driven Battles & Meltdowns
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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5 Ways to Stop Anxiety-Driven Battles & Meltdowns
Your child refuses to go to a new place or school. Threats and bribes don't work. A meltdown and harsh words ensue. Do you have a child who resists new experiences? A toddler or teen who doesn't want to go to school? Kirk shows you how to de-escalate anxiety-driven meltdowns and give your kids tools to overcome it. Very practical for kids of all ages.
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| 1:58.2 | Do you have a child who struggles with new experiences, who sometimes |
| 2:03.2 | doesn't want to go to some new activity you signed him or her up for? A lot of these kids will |
| 2:09.1 | resist going to school in the morning and you'll threaten consequences and you'll try to |
| 2:14.5 | bribe them and give them things, everything. |
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