Ep. #20 - Are Late Afternoons and Evenings when You Feel like You're Losing Your Mind?

What do the words self-control, self-regulation, self-soothing, and self-care have to do with after-school time, and your child’s out-of-control behavior? That’s exactly what Kelly is addressing in today’s episode.

1. Self-control

   1. Definition: Inhibiting impulses/exercising restraint

   2. Every human needs to have the ability to practice self-control.

   3. Self-control is STOPPING or NOT doing something.

2. Self-regulation

   1. This is the umbrella over emotional, physical, social, and mental regulation.

   2. Definition: being able to identify the causes of the impulse/behavior/feeling in yourself

   3. Self-regulation is often DOING something.