Right now, I'm in a situation where my child is yelling in the car.

What am I going to do about it? I have to really accept the reality, like I said earlier,

that this is what it is. My child is yelling in the car and I have two ways of controlling it now.

I can either get upset with him or I can be the calm and say, okay, you're upset.

I can't control anything right now because I'm driving a car, but we are going to get through this.

Maybe it's music. Maybe we turn it on to just add some energy.

Maybe that music is making me more stimulated and it's not helping me right now.

I'll turn it off and just sit in silence. In my brain, obviously, while that kid is yelling,

and that is the true test of getting to a level of tolerating this when you're able to just

sit in a quiet car while your child's yelling and say, I'm going to get home.

I got to get home safe. I'm going to drive this car. We're going to get home. We're going to get

out. We're going to stretch our legs. We're going to give a big hug. If they're having a meltdown,

just show some physical connection and it really can help sort of get through these moments.

Welcome back to Monday Mornings with Dr. Mona. This series is where I get to chat with

parents in the Pieds Doctaw community. In this series for this season, I'm doing things

slightly different. I'm going to be inviting parents to come on to chat with me directly

about concerns they have, about parenting, development, mindset, whatever it may be.

But I'm also going to be answering questions for people who do not want to come on the show,

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on all of the things I do at Pieds Doctaw. Also, when I ask parents to come on the show or if you

have any questions. On this episode, I am talking with a mom, Christina, about that frustration when

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