You lost it. You raised your voice, said something sharp, walked out of the room when they needed you to stay, or just completely shut down. Now the moment has passed and you’re sitting with the weight of it — the guilt, the spiral, the quiet awful question of whether you’re getting this wrong. Why …
If you’ve ever wondered why your child can calm down at school but completely falls apart at home — or why they seem to regulate better around certain people — co-regulation is the answer. It’s one of the most important concepts in nervous system parenting. And once you understand it, a lot of things that …