Whether you have a three-year-old and you're hoping to nip it in the bud or a teenager you assume should know better by now, the same question keeps surfacing: will my child outgrow meltdowns? In this episode Lisa answers it head-on by separating tantrums, which children do outgrow, from autism meltdowns, which are neurological and don't simply disappear with age.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why tantrums, which are behavioral and goal-driven, are outgrown as kids mature, while meltdowns, a neurological response to overwhelm, are not.
Why the expectation that a child "should" have outgrown meltdowns sets parents up to feel like failures, and how to hold acceptance and skill-building at the same time.
How meltdowns evolve rather than vanish, sometimes turning inward as anxiety or withdrawal and sometimes increasing as the demands of age rise.
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