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042: Brain-Body Parenting with Dr. Mona Delahooke

The Peaceful Parenting Podcast

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How to Stop Scratching

Roxanne Jones: Screeching at a very high pitch, especially if it hurts your ears, is a sign of activation of the fight or flight response. The sympathetic nervous system shifts from feeling safe to unsafe; this is a clue that the child's ability to stay in the green has been overrun. She says parents should co-regulate through what she calls "the love exercise" and validate their experience.

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