"My Brain Is on Fire": Reading a Dysregulated Kid & Why Skills Beat Routines
This week Rachel and Rosie are both coming off brutal stretches: a dog's six-hour emergency surgery, bedtime meltdowns, and what do you do when your kid "I don't wanna talk anymore." We’d love to be tidy but just being honest… we did a lot of re-learning this week. your kid’s behavior while dysregulated can tell you a lot about next steps.
In this episode, we chat about:
• Why trying to teach a lesson mid-tantrum is a waste of your time and energy, and what to do instead
• The real difference between "dysregulated" and "unregulated" (we looked it up live, and it was actually an “aha”)
• The gut-check question for when a fight feels unreasonably big for than the thing you're actually fighting about
• Why taking off your referee hat and letting siblings hash it out themselves is THE skill to work on this week
• How skills beat routines every time when your kid's context changes completely
⭐ Resources Mentioned:
• Dr. Siggie (Instagram) — the "no teaching mid-tantrum" framing Rosie references
• I Love You Forever — the book Rachel won't keep in the house
• Magic Tree House and A to Z Mysteries — our current bedtime chapter book favorites
• Richard Scarry / Busytown books — the ones that got packed away
• Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
✨ Connect with Rachel & Rosie:
• Listen: Judgment, Not Judgmental on Apple Podcasts
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