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Until I Don't

Helpful forInvisible effort • Masking • Co-regulation

Until I Don't

Helpful forInvisible effort • Masking • Co-regulation

Rosie does wonderfully outside the house — at dance, at school, with neighbors. But at home, the same small things can suddenly feel impossible. After one hard evening at the kitchen table, Rosie stops in the hallway to notice a dark lantern, and together with Mom and Dad finds the words: she works really hard, and shines, until she doesn't. Home is the place that sees when the bulb is out.

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For Kids

Holding it together all day is hard work, even when no one sees it. Letting go at home doesn't make you bad — it means you finally feel safe.

For Parents

When a child holds it together everywhere and falls apart at home, home usually isn't the cause — it's the place safe enough for the holding to finally let go. The question that opens everything is quieter than consequences: "what hard work might I not be seeing?"

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