After-School Restraint Collapse

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Research Finding

Children spend enormous energy managing their emotions at school. When they arrive home, the prefrontal cortex (their brain's impulse control centre) essentially clocks off. Meltdowns at home are not bad behaviour; they are neurological exhaustion.

Baumrind, D. & Siegel, D.J. — Self-regulation & stress response research; widely referenced in school psychology literature

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Question

TO ASK YOUR CHILD

"What's the hardest part of your day at school?"

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Quote

"Children are not giving us a hard time. They are having a hard time."

— — Ross W. Greene, child psychologist & author of The Explosive Child

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After-School Meltdowns: Why Your Child Falls Apart at Home

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