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Co-Regulation Comes Before Self-Regulation: Helping Children Navigate Big Emotions
Many parents are told they need to teach their children emotional regulation. To use their words. Take a deep breath. Calm down. Make better choices. While these are all valuable skills, there is one problem: Most children cannot consistently self-regulate until they have experienced co-regulation first. Children are not born knowing how to manage frustration,…