Relational
What if your kid's worst behavior is their best attempt?
When a kid melts down, the instinct is to fix the behavior. Stop the screaming, end the hitting, get them to say sorry. But Becky Kennedy asks a different question: what is this child struggling with underneath? The behavior is just the surface. It's the best strategy a kid has for a feeling they can't handle yet.
Kids behave as well as they can given the skills they have and the feelings they're experiencing.— Becky Kennedy
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The thinker
Clinical Psychologist & Parenting Expert
Dr. Becky Kennedy is a clinical psychologist and founder of Good Inside, known for reframing how parents understand their children's behavior.
Based on Good Inside with Dr. Becky Kennedy, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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