Parenting Without Panic: Staying Steady When Kids Melt Down (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789309878978)

Your child is melting down, your stress spikes, and suddenly the urgent need to stop the behaviour is fighting with the quieter truth: the moment will not improve until the adult steadies first. Parenting Without Panic is a practical guide to staying anchored when kids hit emotional overload - without ignoring safety, without long lectures, and without getting pulled into panic. Anika Bellwyn offers a clear, repeatable framework for calm parenting in the moments that feel least calm. You will learn what helps during a meltdown (and what reliably makes it worse), how to set safety boundaries kids can feel, how to use low voice de-escalation and body cues to lower intensity, and how to reduce demands parenting without giving in. Instead of trying to teach in the middle of the storm, you will learn how to wait for teachable moments parenting so your guidance actually lands. This book is for parents and carers navigating daily blow-ups, high-volume refusals, and spinning-out emotions - from toddler years through the primary-school stage. If you want steadier responses, fewer escalations, and a home where limits and connection can exist together, you will find concrete scripts, realistic scenarios, and a grounded approach to child emotional regulation and co-regulation skills that you can use the very next time things go loud.

Author: Anika Bellwyn
ISBN-10: 9309878975
ISBN-13: 9789309878978
Publisher: Mindful Pages
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2026
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d