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Podcast: 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms
Episode: 449: 3 Simple Strategies to Prevent After-School Meltdowns // Alyssa Blask Campbell
Description: Have you noticed that since school started, your afternoons feel more chaotic? Maybe your child walks in the door, drops their backpack, and bursts into tears—or lashes out over the smallest thing. It can leave you wondering if something is wrong with them…or with you.
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The truth is, what you’re seeing is incredibly common. In fact, there’s even a name for it: restraint collapse. After holding it together all day at school, kids often come home to the one place where they feel safe enough to release all the emotions they’ve been bot...