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Emotional Regulation

Teaching your child to name and manage big emotions instead of being ruled by them.

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Thoughtful guidance, expert perspectives, and practical reflections to help you better understand what your child may be experiencing.

Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Teen · 22 min

Be Gentle: A Talk for Parents and Teachers

22 min · Gentleness beautifies everything it touches. Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi explains why knowing your own temperament is the first step toward the Prophet’s…

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Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Teen · 14 min

Your Inner Child Isn’t One Child

14 min · Ever snapped at your kids in a way far too big for the moment? Dr.

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Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Teen · 9 min

How to Teach Your Kids to Handle Conflict Prophetically

9 min · Disagreements are part of life, between siblings, friends, neighbors, and even between parents and children. In the final episode of Raising…

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Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Middle Childhood · 12 min

When Your Child Misbehaves, Don’t Do This

12 min · When a child forgets, refuses, or pushes back, it’s easy to react with a lecture, a guilt trip, or a rebuke,…

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Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Teen · 43 min

The Brain Expert: If I Had ADHD, This Is Exactly What I’d Do

43 min · Why does it seem like everyone has ADHD today? Psychiatrist Dr.

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Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Teen · 5 min

When Helping an Upset Child, Don’t Talk — Try This Instead

5 min · When a child is in full meltdown, our instinct is to talk them down — to explain, soothe, or reason with…

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Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Middle Childhood · 10 min

The Japanese Rule to Obedient Children

10 min · Emma Hubbard breaks down shitsuke, a Japanese concept of discipline built on instruction and practice rather than punishment. In her explanation,…

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Emotional RegulationEarly Childhood – Teen · 21 min

How to Talk So Kids Will Actually Listen — Backed by Science

21 min · Communication professor Bruce Lambert presents five principles drawn from Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s parenting book How to Talk So Kids…

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