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Managing Teen Emotions with Gina Nelson

Parenting Teens with Dr. Cam

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The Polyvagal Theory of Parenting

A lot of the emotions coming from this sense of frustration from our kids going, you don't get me. And I think it's very difficult for parents when kids become older and start exploring that for their own. Our nervous system as a team just goes straight into fight and flight. So depending on how savvy the parent is or how much capacity they have to just say you know what we're both activated right now. Let's take a five minute time out. Let's just go chill out let's relax for a moment. And then let's come back and have a conversation when we can get curious about what just happened. That's not happening. That’s not gonna happen.

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