Tag: after-school meltdown

• The First 90 Seconds of a Meltdown: What I Had to Stop Doing

  We took our masks off in the entryway. What I did in the ninety seconds that followed decided the afternoon, and for years I got them wrong.

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  June 5, 2026

  after-school meltdown, autistic mother, meltdowns, neurodivergent child, neurodivergent parenting, restraint collapse, sensory overwhelm

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