Hey guys, welcome back to Preview Lions podcast.

This is Sarah and Happy Holidays.

We're in the middle of, I know, you're like, I've got a gift to wrap, a school party,

that are spotted at texts, and like, wait, my kids are out of school or their schools are closed for a month. What do I do? Well, never fear. We are here for you. And I have brought in, you guys, we'll meet her next year more and learn more about what a child therapist is. But right now, I knew I had to bring her on to introduce you just fits of her to Madison. She is a child therapist is, but right now I knew I had to bring her on to introduce you,

just fits of her to Madison. She is a child therapist. She is the one we're going to ask

how we best can support our children when we're also trying to support ourselves in our mental health.

So Madison, welcome.

Hi, Sarah. Thank you so much for having me. I'm looking forward to talking about all things,

kiddos,

and kind of what that looks like at the holidays, and maybe give some tips on how to survive

the holidays with kiddos. Hey, we love it. And we know that these are some of my favorite type

of episodes to do because it's just kind of to the point and like actual take homes that we all

need. So let's dive in. So the holidays, right? We all know the Instagram. We know the Hallmark movies. They're supposed to be magical. But they're really overwhelming, right? Family gatherings. We've got late nights. We've got travel. School is out. Preschool. Mom's day out. It's closed, right? There's some huge disruption. So what are the

biggest challenges kids really faced during this time? And how, I mean, I guess we don't talk

enough about how that probably affects their mood and their mental health. We know it affects

ours, but it also affects our little loves. Yeah, absolutely. I think one of those biggest things with holidays

and just like the change of seasons for people and for especially kiddos is disrupted routines.

That is a huge part of it. And, you know, I say this too lightly that I know at this time of

year, it's harder to do routine because

there is so much going on, right? And so just like for parents to maybe understand more, right,

maybe where their kids are coming from, some of the biggest challenges that affect kiddos during

this time, sleep, circadian rhythm, that is a huge one, right? You you think about people that go maybe travel to go see

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