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Do You Have Adult Tantrums? How To Soothe Yourself And Your Kids—With Dr. Becky

Dear Gabby

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You're Not in Trouble, I'm Going to Sit With You

Sitting with your child is a huge step that i feel like we don't talk about enough in the parenting world. It's actually so much more effective in building the skills our kids need to change behavior, rather than punishment. Staying in your kid's room does not reinforce bad behavior. This is a purely behavior reinforcement model that is not applicable to human beings. Kids when left alone, engage in self blame or self doubt. That's all. So many of us, as adults, when we struggle, layer on self blame. I'm the worst person. What's wrong with me? Or selfed out. Kind of like really relinquishing any, you know, control that i

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