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Your six-year-old loses it over something And you feel that pull, to step in, calm them down, walk them through it. But here’s the thing. You’ve already spent years teaching them. Breathing. Naming feelings. Little tools they actually use sometimes , when they’re calm, when the stakes are low. So what happens when you still rush in every single time? They never get to find out if they can do it themselves. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. Research calls it scaffolding fade-out. The support you give a child is supposed to slowly step back as they grow. Not disappear , just loosen. Because if you’re always there catching them, they never have to find their own footing. A six-year-old isn’t two. They have something to work with now. They just need a moment where you trust that , even when it’s uncomfortable to watch. Stepping back isn’t giving up. It’s the next part of the teaching. . . . . . . #emotionalregulation #tantrums #childdevelopment

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This post was published on 04th May, 2026 by Ankita on her Instagram handle "@followyourchild (Ankita B Chandak | Montessori Expert | Parenting Coach)". Ankita has total 516.9K followers on Instagram and has a total of 1.1K post. Ankita receives an average engagement rate of 0.54% per post on Instagram. This post has received 26 comments which are lower than the average comments that Ankita gets. Overall the engagement rate for this post was lower than the average for the profile. #tantrums #emotionalregulation #childdevelopment has been used frequently in this Post.