Early Childhood Challenges

Big Feelings, Big Behaviour, Separation Anxiety, Resistance and Defiance, Peer/Sibling Clashes

Big Feelings, Big Behaviour, Separation Anxiety, Resistance and Defiance, Peer/Sibling Clashes

Just in case you want to skip a bit …

02:28  Big feelings – what kids need from us; what’s happening in the brain during big feelings.

05:40  Why the old ways of responding to big feelings don’t work.

06:16  How the adults in a child’s life ‘wire’ the brain towards emotional self-regulation.

07:35  Why little things can feel like big things for kids, and why our response matters.

09:15  How to respond to big feelings in the moment.

10:07  When their big feelings trigger ours.

11:14  Big feelings have a job to do.

14:50  During a big feeling – connection, intensity, and how to calm the feeling brain.

16:35  Their calm starts with ours.

17:35  Tantrums are opportunities.

19:47  The conversation when big feelings have calmed.

21:44  Making space for big feelings.

22:18  How tiredness and hunger can fuel big feelings.

24:08  Big behaviour is a reflection of a brain that is still developing.

25:11 Overstimulation, understimulation, and big behaviour.

25:58  And sometimes, big behaviour means they need a little more of you.

27:10  Separation anxiety – why it happens, what to do.

32:00  When kids say ‘No!’ (when you want them to say yes).

36:22  When ‘No!’ turns into a tantrum.

37:30  Peer/sibling clashes.

41:38  How to nurture empathy.

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