08/17/2026
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“She was perfectly behaved until you got here.”
That doesn’t mean your child respects everyone except you.
It doesn’t mean you’re too soft or that they know they can “get away with it” around you.
Sometimes a child holds everything together all day.
They follow directions. Manage big feelings. Navigate noise, expectations, transitions, and situations that overwhelm their little nervous system.
Then Mom walks through the door…
And they completely fall apart.
Not because she causes the difficult behavior, but because she feels safe enough to receive everything they’ve been holding inside.
You aren’t seeing their worst because they respect you the least.
You’re seeing the feelings they were too afraid, overwhelmed, or uncomfortable to release anywhere else.
Sometimes falling apart the moment they see you is their little body saying…
“I’m safe now. I don’t have to hold it together anymore.”
