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Your heart is pounding, you can't catch your breath and you're sure something is terribly wrong. A panic attack is frightening, but it is not dangerous, and you can get through it.
Every parent wonders whether they are allowing too much. The evidence is more nuanced than the headlines. Here is what guidelines recommend, what matters most and how to set limits that stick.
Most advice says 'just stop.' Bad habits don't work that way. Here is how they run, what they are really doing for you, and a step-by-step plan to change them without relying on willpower alone.
A meltdown in the supermarket aisle is not a parenting failure. It is a small brain with big feelings. Here is what is going on, what helps in the moment, and how to make tantrums less frequent.
