Coping skills have become a kind of shorthand in mental health conversations. They're something almost everyone agrees children and teens need more of. They're not wrong exactly. But there's a meaningful difference between giving someone a list of coping strategies and actually helping them develop...
Have you ever watched your child completely fall apart over something that seemed minor? Or you noticed that they can't seem to sit with any discomfort without it escalating into a crisis? If so, you've already seen what low distress tolerance looks like. Distress tolerance...
Every parent has witnessed it. A tower falls over, homework seems too hard, a sibling gets the bigger cookie, or a game doesn't go the way a child hoped. What seems like a small inconvenience to an adult can feel like a major crisis to...