How to stay calm when kids are out of control

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By Talia Emryn North

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How to Stay Calm When Kids Are Out of Control isn't a manual for perfect parenting. It's a grounded, honest, and body-aware guide for those moments when your child's chaos hits a nerve you didn't even know you had. This book walks beside the parent who feels frayed, guilty, reactive, and exhausted—and doesn't ask them to perform peace, but to practice returning to it.

Rather than fixing your child's behavior, this book explores what it means to stay connected to yourself in the middle of it all. Through nervous system awareness, small emotional shifts, and deepening presence, it opens a path for grace without perfection, clarity without control, and boundaries without harshness.

In this book you'll explore:

  • How to interrupt reactive cycles without suppressing your emotions
  • Daily practices that support emotional hygiene and regulation
  • Repair after rupture, even if you lost your cool
  • Why calm is a practice, not a performance
  • How to model self-trust, not just manage behavior
  • The difference between walking away and giving up
  • What every tantrum, meltdown, or "defiant" behavior might be trying to express
  • How your own needs are not selfish, but sacred
  • How to stay calm when kids are out of control