Immature brains don't have the ability to remove cortisol alone. They learn to do so by *repeated* experiences of being soothed by a caregiver.
Toddlers require help when distressed in order to 'soothe' internally. So will children. So will teens. So will adults.
Can you help Katie with her research! Parents and 5-6-year-olds needed for an online study🥦
You will get at least a £15 Amazon voucher and your child will get a certificate after taking part ⭐️
Details below 👇🏼
Yes...greater awareness of the emotion behind the child's behaviour can be helpful to hang on to in those stressful moments. Glitches are expected= #GoodEnoughParenting#1001Days
"Why do you keep waking up at night???"
"Why have you got so clingy???"
"When did you get so demanding???"
This will be t understandable background chatter going on in t heads of lots of parents of toddlers just now. I wish I cd send each of them ths helpful poster on attachment.
A THREAD on t profound implications of human beings being born connected.
My tweet ystrdy on #CommunicativeMusicality has had lots of engagemnt, so I thought I'd offer more. Let's go back to t late 1960s, whn radical discoveries were being made abt babies. https://t.co/ae6mNUKZcD
"This means that no lenders have changed their policy requiring an EWS1 form to grant a mortgage, according to trade body UK Finance – so flatowners are still trapped." @Telegraph reports
@MichaelGove#WeAreTrapped#EndOurCladdingScandal
https://t.co/R7qukBTl74
Babies cannot regulate on their own. It takes thousands of repetitions of being comforted with co- regulation .Repeated experiences can bring them back to calm.🧠🌱
"A leaseholder facing a huge bill for repair works says she and her family feel 'physically and financially' trapped in their Leeds flat."
She has just received a £66k bill for remediation works.
#EndOurCladdingScandal https://t.co/AeZ9ILAc61
'We put our daughter to bed every night in an unsafe building. We've done so for the past 20 months ... it's absolute mental torture.'
We spoke with victims of the #BuildingSafetyCrisis to get an insight into the financial and mental impact the situation is having.
Please RT
I’m 36.
My wife is 41.
Our kids 1 and 5.
We’ve been in our #CladdingCrisis for 4 years.
We’ve got at least 3 more ahead of us.
I’ll be 39.
My wife 44.
My kids 4 and 8.
Today, another lifeline failed us.
We have one life. And it feels there is no hope.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
I hope @michaelgove will also visit some leaseholders in the North East to see how @luhc has not just levelled down but destroyed the mental health & financial future of thousands of innocent people through their negligent handling of the #BuildingSafetyCrisis.
#LevellingUp