Explosive meltdowns from your adolescent trace back to disconnection, overwhelm, or a lack of independence. Each one is percieved as a threat and can topple our kiddo. Our solutions? For disconnection? We coach up the language of emotional repair. Teach them how to apologize. For autonomy? We invite them in to collaborative partnership. Teach them to be a responsible stakeholder in decisions. For discomfort? We teach them how their brain identifies threats and where that distress comes from, the

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