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When Your Kid’s Behavior Alarms You: 3 Myths to Let Go Of
When your kid’s behavior feels alarming—sudden defiance or rudeness toward teachers, patterns of extreme anxiety, or unpredictable emotional outbursts—it’s tempting for your mind to spiral into worst-case conclusions.
While your fear and worry is normal, valid, and understandable, you pay a price for those reactions.
Human thought is a very simple tool. It can’t multitask when it comes to emotion and parenting.
You can either catastrophize the behavior you see, or get calm and respond to it.
But you can’t do both.
So much of what fuels parental stress isn’t just the behavior itself, but the meaning and stories we attach to it.
“You can either catastrophize the behavior you see, or get calm and respond to it. But you can’t do both.”
Most of what scares you is coming from your interpretation, not the moment itself.
And when insecurity takes over, it pulls you out of the one place you’re most effective. Insecurity takes you out of the moment—and that’s where your best parenting lives.
Today’s video will help you step out of panic, quiet the mental noise, and respond with more clarity, confidence, and grounded leadership—even in the hardest moments.
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erika bugbee
I’m a global coach who works with teens, individuals, couples, and practitioners that are open and motivated to change.
