Q&A: My toddler is so sensitive that even when I'm being silly with him, he loses it. What can I do?

Beyond the Sessions is answering YOUR parenting questions! In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Hershberg and I talk about...

• What to do when your toddler spirals from silly to overstimulated in seconds.

• Unpacking the difference between dysregulation and high arousal—and why this distinction matters.

• Strategies parents can use to share joyful, silly and playful moment with your sensitive child without overwhelming them.

• If you stop being so silly and fun, is that over-accommodating and bowing down too much to your child without teaching them that they need to handle this?

• When these stimulation meltdowns happen, what you can do to recover.

• How you can build your child's tolerance for the silliness while modulating the intensity to help you.

• How a playful response can also help move you out of a shame response.

• Is there a different strategy to use if this high arousal overwhelm comes from a more fun and silly moment versus you losing your cool and yelling?

REFERENCES AND RELATED RESOURCES:

👉🏻 Click HERE for my workshop, Be the Calm in Your Child's Storm: How to Keep Your Cool When Your Child Loses Theirs, to get the exact therapeutic interventions I use with my patients that can change the way your brain and body interprets your child's dysregulation to help you stay cool in the heat of the moment.

ADDITIONAL PODCAST EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:

🎧 Listen to my podcast episode about managing dysregulated from positive emotions

🎧 Listen to my podcast episode about parental dysregulation with Dr. Amber Thornton

🎧 Listen to my podcast episode about what to do when you lose your cool with Dr. Cindy Hovington

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