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Why "Calm Down!" Doesn't Work

Connected Families Podcast

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You Can Do It, You Can Get Through It

Rue: Kids in all of us really when we're feeling upset. And kids don't want to calm down when they feel like everyone's against them and just trying to shut them down. Rue: Our brains are telling us, you're not safe right now,. You need to find somebody to be in this with you. So that's often why you'll see, you know, if we're walking away from a child who is having an outburst, often they'll follow you.

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