375: Co-Regulation Ideas for Real Life, with Penny Williams
A grilled cheese sandwich turned into one of the clearest parenting lessons I've had in a long time.
I was coaching a mom this week whose tween was trying to make her own grilled cheese, and it was a struggle. The butter wasn't spreading evenly, the flip kept falling apart, and the frustration built fast. Mom was doing everything "right," patient, encouraging, right there to help, and it still wasn't landing. She wanted to know how to get her kid through that discomfort without giving up.
My answer wasn't about grilled cheese technique. It was co-regulation.
In this episode, I walk through…
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