
REPLAY: What Does Co-Regulation Really Look Like?
About this episode
There’s a lot of confusion about what co-regulation really is. Parents often say to me something like “OK, I get it- I’m supposed to give co-regulation instead of a consequence. But- what does that really mean? Like- what does co-regulation actually look like in real life?”
Listen to the episode to learn:
- What regulation really is
- What co-regulation really is
- The ‘ingredients’ of co-regulation
- An example of in-real-life co-regulation (with an older child)
- Active vs. passive co-regulation
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