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Tamar Sloan Psychologist Helping parents find calm in the chaos. You’re not alone. Let’s walk this road together. www.linktr.ee/ConnectedCare

13/10/2026

“Reduce demands” can be essential support for a PDA child. Parents also deserve help with what comes next: unavoidable demands, everyone’s needs, and adjustments that make family life more manageable. This is about completing the advice, with support tailored to the child and family. What part of that conversation do you wish you’d had sooner?

Ending an argument is not the same as giving in. You can validate, repeat the boundary, stop answering every new objecti...
13/10/2026

Ending an argument is not the same as giving in. You can validate, repeat the boundary, stop answering every new objection and walk away from the debate without changing your answer. Sometimes the strongest boundary is the one you stop arguing about.

12/10/2026

Ending an argument is not the same as giving in. You can validate, repeat the boundary, stop answering every new objection and walk away from the debate without changing your answer. Sometimes the strongest boundary is the one you stop arguing about.

If you’re on explanation number seven, your child probably didn’t need a clearer explanation. They just don’t like the a...
12/10/2026

If you’re on explanation number seven, your child probably didn’t need a clearer explanation. They just don’t like the answer. Explain important boundaries in calm moments, but when the argument starts looping, saying less often gives your words more weight.

11/10/2026

Sometimes staying calm makes your child even angrier. That doesn’t mean calm isn’t working. Calm isn’t a trick to make your child instantly regulate. It’s how you stop one activated nervous system becoming two.

The explosion is over and everyone desperately wants to move on. But what happens next matters. Reconnect first, come ba...
11/10/2026

The explosion is over and everyone desperately wants to move on. But what happens next matters. Reconnect first, come back to what happened once everyone is calm, and keep communicating that your child can learn another way through this.

10/10/2026

You don’t have to win. You just have to persist. One refusal, one explosion or one difficult day does not decide whether your message matters. Hold steady, come back, keep connection available and keep showing your child that you believe they can eventually do this differently.

A reasonable boundary can somehow become a two-hour debate. Usually it’s not because your child needs a better explanati...
10/10/2026

A reasonable boundary can somehow become a two-hour debate. Usually it’s not because your child needs a better explanation. It’s because we get pulled into explaining, defending and trying to get agreement. Sometimes the strongest boundary uses far fewer words.

09/10/2026

Sometimes the nervous system we need to regulate first is our own. Catch the tight jaw, rising voice and urge to win earlier. Stop talking, soften your body, name what’s happening and postpone what can wait. We’re not aiming for perfect calm. We’re aiming to lose it less.

Some kids spend the whole school day holding it together, then get home and completely unravel. Home may be where they'v...
09/10/2026

Some kids spend the whole school day holding it together, then get home and completely unravel. Home may be where they've finally run out of capacity. Before assuming “they behaved perfectly well at school, so they can control it”, look at what their nervous system has been managing all day. And consider whether home needs a landing strip before the next set of demands arrives.

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