How to Stay Calm When Your Child is Not With Devon Kuntzman
Update: 2026-01-26
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Episode Highlights With Devon
- What is happening mentally and biologically when a child is not calm and feeling triggered
- The lower part of the brain is more developed in young children and they aren’t as strong in impulse control and other skills yet
- All parenting moments are opportunities for learning and growth
- How to start asking questions from a place of a growth mindset vs a fixed one
- Awareness is the first step in creating change and how to cultivate it in parenting
- Learning the pause and why it is easier in theory than in practice, plus, what to try instead
- How to disrupt the stress response and create safety physically and emotionally
- Ways to validate our own emotions and find inner calm again
- How to ground yourself in stressful parenting moments
- Holding space for your child’s emotions and not sending subtle messages that their emotions aren’t ok
- Why not to punish a child for feeling upset or not having control of their feelings and not to distract with screens when they get upset either
- A subtle thing to think about before encouraging a kid to stop crying and how to help them put words and context while accepting the feeling (not always condoning the action)
- Her recipe for effective discipline and how to align discipline with their development
- How to create a connection with children at all ages and connection is the balm that can soothe feelings
- Ways to create awareness as a parent
Resources Mentioned
- Transforming Toddlerhood by Devon Kuntzman
- Follow Devon on Instagram
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