06/10/2026
Your child is upset, and you feel it in your body.
Your shoulders tighten. Your breath gets shorter.
There’s a part of you that wants to run, and another part of you that wants to rush in, fix it, and make it stop.
But instead of doing either, you pause.
You notice that not only is your child upset, but that you are feeling overwhelmed.
And so, you pause some more.
It might be just one, slow breath.
It might be softening your voice to a whisper.
It might be choosing to stay close and say nothing at all.
And with time, your child begins to feel this shift.
Not because you tell them to be quiet or “calm down right now”, but because your body showed them how to calm themselves.
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