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Notice Me Before I Shout

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Shouting rarely starts at shouting. We’re talking about the moment before the volume rises, when a child makes a small, easily missed bid for connection and learns, over time, that quiet communication doesn’t work at home. Kim Lee, child and adolescent psychotherapist, opens this series with a clear theme: children need to feel noticed in the minds of the adults who care for them, not only responded to when things get loud.

We unpack a pattern many families recognize: a child asks, waits, asks again, interrupts, then escalates, and everyone ends up irritated. From the parent…

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