58 | Back-to-School Behavior: Defiant or Dysregulated? What Your Child Is Really Trying to Tell You

Parenting Beyond Meltdowns | Neurodivergent, ADHD, ODD, PDA, Defiant, Build Connection, Emotional Regulation, Dysregulated · Aug 20, 2026 · 12m

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Have you ever gotten a call or message from school about your child’s behavior and immediately wondered what everyone must think?

Does your strong-willed or neurodivergent child hold it together all day only to completely fall apart when they get home?

Have you ever wondered if what looks defiant might actually be dysregulation?

Do you find yourself making your child’s hard behavior mean something about who they are—or about the kind of mama you are?

In this episode, we’re talking about what may really be happening…