guided meditation<\/a>. One important thing to note about the calm-down corner, however, is that you should never send your child there alone or it will feel like a disciplinary timeout. Always go with your child, so that they associate the cosy corner with positive vibes. When you are busy with chores, give them a hug and assure them you\u2019ll meet them in the calm-down corner in a few minutes, and don\u2019t forget.<\/span><\/p>\nYou shouldn\u2019t wait until your child is feeling down top try your calm-down corner. Initiate some down time with your child in the cosy corner early on show them it is a happy place. In time to come, you will begin to notice that once your child is accustomed to following you to the cosy corner and savouring the comfort of a time-in there, they will start to head there on their own when upset.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite our best efforts in being understanding towards our children and their needs, they tend to get emotionally dysregulated. When you find your child getting restless or agitated, a calm-down corner might just be the best thing for your child to retreat to with you for some cuddling, cartoons, or to read a book together. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[451,452,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halfhalfparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}