Have you noticed that telling/demanding your child to “calm down” doesn’t really work? Shoot- if I was the one who was all worked up, I wouldn’t like it if someone yelled “CALM DOWN” at me!
So instead, breathing deeply, an established and widely accepted method to calm down, works but that doesn’t sound like much fun to a toddler or child, am I right?!
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Two Quick Easy Strategies/Games To Calm Down
So that’s why I came up with these two similar strategies that use the concept of deep breathing and they always help my daughter to quickly calm down (whether she’s angry or hurt):
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SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!
Teach the games when they’re calm, don’t introduce it in the heat of the moment!
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These aren’t the only ways to help your child learn to calm down, but it’s a start.
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What helps your child calm down?
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