I’m going to throw in a few more basics that may be a little less obvious than food and sleep. One of these is the biological need for recovery time. When we get angry, our bodies are flooded with hormones. Our heart rate increases and our blood pressure rises, making us more likely to withdraw or react with aggression. Most people have heard of the flight-or-fight response. You learned about it in your high school biology class, but you probably haven’t given much thought to it since. One of the best things we can do for children in times of stress is to give them time to recover from the
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