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When your kid melts down after school, it seems like they just have a bad attitude or don’t want to do homework. But sometimes those explosions have less to do with behavior and more to do with a nervous system that has been working hard to handle sensory stress all day long.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why do many kids fall apart after school, even if they seemed “fine” all day
- How the sensory environment at school can slowly chip away at a child’s regulation
- Why after-school meltdowns often happen with the people kids feel safest with
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