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As a follow-up to our earlier post, many of you asked “What can I actually do when my child explodes after school?”

The behaviour we see after school is often the final release of everything a child has been holding together all day.

For some children, the school day involves constant noise, learning, social expectations, transitions, masking emotions, coping with sensory input and trying their very best to meet expectations. By the time they walk through the front door, their nervous system may simply have nothing left to give.

The after-school explosion isn’t usually about defiance or bad behaviour.

It’s often a sign that they’ve finally reached the place where they feel safe enough to let those feelings out.

This visual shares some practical ways to support children during that vulnerable time, helping them recover before expecting more from them.

Sometimes the biggest change we can make isn’t changing the child’s behaviour…

…it’s changing what we understand about it.

💜 Does your child find after school particularly difficult?

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