Practical, research-backed strategies for meltdowns, defiance, aggression, and ADHD from child psychologist Dr. Emily Gault. New articles every week.
Why routines fall apart, and the small structural fix that tends to hold.
Applying the framework to one of the hardest five minutes of the parenting day.
What a shrinking escalation window actually tells you about progress.
The reinforcement cycle behind meltdowns that seem to spiral no matter what you try.
What the research on "technoference" says about parent phone use, and why Special Time works partly because it's phone-free.
Why Special Time sometimes feels harder than it should, and what to do about it.
Why control-seeking behavior often isn't about defiance at all.
A common transition point, and what changed once one family applied the framework to it.
A clinical psychologist's honest take on where the Montessori approach to praise falls short.
Why moving too fast through the framework works against you.
How Strategic Labeled Praise is actually landing, three days in.
Why "Good job!" isn't doing what most parents think it's doing.
Who this newsletter is actually written for, and why.
What a network meta-analysis of parenting programs actually found, and what most parents are never told.
Why identifying the ABCs of behavior comes before any attempt to change it.
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