Relationships are healing and what you do with your child may seem insignificant but its messages are big. It tells them they are included and that you care. It counters the negative things they have felt and heard and experiences and the times they have been left out. So, no big changes are required. Just give them a little time, and let them in.
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I am going to be so mean to you. I am going to say horrible things to you. I am going to act dreadful and come up with and use the most hurtful words ever to spew at you. I will find out what your soft spots are and dig into them with cruel verbal daggers. You see I am trying to get you to abandon me ‘cuz I’m just not worth it. I am just a bad kid. That’s why my first family left me of course.
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Dear Director,
Our adopted son is 15 now and he has been with us almost his entire life: 12 years. All of a sudden, he is talking to us with such disrespect and sabotaging happy and fun family events. We understand that he came from a tough place with serious neglect, but we don’t know what to do with this.
Please advise, Confused Parents
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We are all capable of widening our window’s of tolerance. We can become more accepting of hard emotions. The first step is awareness. Observing when you are in your window of tolerance and when you start to veer out of it. Noticing which direction your body typically moves when it becomes dysregulated is the next step. There are plenty more strategies to use to help you open your window of tolerance. Note that these techniques work for you, the adults and parents, and for you to teach and model for your children.
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What is the window of tolerance exactly? Before you can learn to be aware of and actually regulate your window of tolerance, you need to understand what the window of tolerance actually is. It’s a concept named by renowned psychiatrist Dan Siegel. He defines the window of tolerance as the optimal zone of “arousal” for a person to function in everyday life. When a person is operating in this window, they can effectively manage and cope with their emotions.
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