162: Why Gentle Parenting Is Not Working for Your Sensitive Kid: 5 Proven Ways to Handle Your Child's Meltdowns

Is gentle parenting not working even after every script you've tried?

Gentle parenting was never meant to be a list of scripts you follow perfectly. Your child is unique, and what helps one child calm down can make another child feel even more overwhelmed.

So, in today's episode, I share five popular gentle parenting techniques that can make meltdowns worse with your sensitive kid, and WHY each one backfires.

You'll learn:

• Why gentle parenting doesn't work the way the reels make it look with your sensitive kid

• What your child actually hears when you circle back after the meltdown

• Why your child can tell you hitting isn't kind and still do it again

• How the emotional water pitcher explains the meltdown that shows up after school

• How co-regulation strategies for parents shift when your child yells "go away"

• What co regulation parenting looks like when naming feelings makes it worse

• What gentle parenting REALLY asks of you when your kid needs your calm

• How to catch yourself as an overstimulated mom before your tone turns sharp

If you’re tired of wondering why the strategies you’ve been told to use aren’t helping, this episode will help you understand what may be happening underneath the meltdown and what your child might actually need from you in those moments.

Here's to raising resilient kids,
Dr. Hilary

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