EP 280: Either You Co-Regulate or You De-Escalate: An Interview with Chrissy D’Agostino

Parenting After Trauma with Robyn Gobbel by Robyn Gobbel

Aug 25, 202658:54Kids & family

You've probably heard "a dysregulated adult can't co-regulate a child" a hundred times. But if you've ever been stuck in a store with a screaming kid — or a classroom with 17 screaming kids — and zero bandwidth left, you...

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