Day 1: Polyvagal-Informed Parenting

In today's video, you'll gain practical tips on how to make your child feel safe and cherished, increasing their ability to regulate their emotions and handle life's challenges with flexibility. 

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Day 2: Discipline Through the Lens of Safety

Today's Peaceful Parenting Challenge explores how viewing your child's behavior through the lens of safety can revolutionize your approach to discipline. 

Did you know that the way we traditionally interpret signs of defiance or disconnection in our children can be misleading? These behaviors often stem from feeling unsafe or overwhelmed. 

Today's video will give you specific strategies to create safety and connection, so that you can prevent these defensive responses, promote more cooperative behaviors in stressful situations, and support your child to develop a more resilient nervous system for life!

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Day 3: Co-Regulation, Welcoming Emotions, and Play

Today's Peaceful Parenting Challenge is to choose one of three polyvagal-informed practices to work on to create a new habit:

  • Self-regulate so you can offer co-regulation to your child
  • Empathize and welcome all emotions
  • Facilitate more opportunities for your child to play, both with other children, and with you.

Each of these 3 polyvagal-informed parenting practices will support your child’s nervous system for more emotional health and resilience, now and in the future!

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