✨ The next time your child melts down... don't say a word for the first 90 seconds 🤍 I know... it sounds backwards. When our children are overwhelmed, our first instinct is often to ask questions... 👉 "What's wrong?" 👉 "Use your words." 👉 "Take a deep breath." But during a true meltdown, their nervous system isn't ready for language yet. Sometimes the kindest thing we can do is become the calm their body is searching for. 💚 Here's the 90-second reset we use: 🌿 Move clos

Stimming is one of the most misunderstood things autistic and sensory-sensitive kids do. Here's what it actually is, why it matters, and how to support it instead of stopping it. If you've ever watched your child flap their hands when they're excited, rock back and forth at the dinner table, hum the same tune for hours, or chew the collar of every shirt they own, you've watched stimming. Stimming is short for self-stimulatory behavior, but that clinical name doesn't quite cap