The Best Time for Coping Skills
Coping skills don’t work during meltdowns. Learn how parents of neurodivergent children can regulate early, reduce escalation, and restore calm at home.
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What Is Conduct Disorder?
If your child regularly misbehaves, you may have wondered whether they’re simply acting out or suffering from conduct disorder. But what is conduct disorder, exactly, and how can you tell whether your child has it? Conduct disorder is a mental health condition that can cause...
Understanding Post-Traumatic Embitterment Disorder (PTED)
You may have heard about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but what about post-traumatic embitterment disorder (PTED)? PTED is a condition that produces chronic feelings of bitterness and resentment after someone experiences a negative life event (for example, being bullied, assaulted, or fired from a job)....
Bringing Safety
Happiness comes only after your brain believes that you are safe. This is true for all humans and profoundly true for children. This is such an obvious, yet complex concept, and of course, we are talking about emotional safety in relationships, not physical safety. That...