The Science of Co-Regulation: Why Your Child Needs Your Calm More Than Your Solutions

The Science of Co-Regulation

When your child is overwhelmed, it’s easy to slip into fixing mode—offering solutions, explanations, or logic to help them calm down. But for young children, calming isn’t something they can do on their own yet. Their nervous systems are still developing, and they rely on the steadiness of a caregiver’s presence to find their way […]