Dr. John Duffy
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736 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2019
last heard Jan 2025
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You're kind of introducing that idea when you create a vibe in the house that is calm as opposed to having a television on or having conflict the minute a child
just is more noise, you know what I mean?
And more noise.
And we want to give them at least some time during the day where they're allowed, for lack of a better word, to regress a bit, to step back, to be young and innocent and
off the grid for a little while even if it's just 20 minutes that is refueling rejuvenating and regulating in a way that i don't think anything else could possibly be it is so important to the well-being of kids today i cannot emphasize it enough and
Kids share with me that too often they step through the threshold of their home and it doesn't feel safe and it doesn't feel comfortable and it does feel like an interrogation.
It does feel like more of the same.
And their inclination is, I'm going to go up to my room, put earbuds in and create more noise.
And then so they're never really in touch kind of with themselves, you know, emotionally, psychologically, and they're not regulating very well at all.
the home.
Briefly, I work with a boy, 17-year-old boy, tough kid, multi-sport athlete, guy's guy all the way.
In his room is a weighted blanket, scented candles, essential oils, and the Calm app on virtually all the time.
And this is like brilliant self-regulation.
And, um, uh, recently he described to me three other football players coming into his room and he's like, Oh no, I'm going to get mocked so brutally for this.
And they're all like, where, where did you get the weighted blanket, man?
This is
So he was like, everybody wanted a piece of whatever piece he's found.
It was really lovely and profound.
It would be if you listen to just our discussion here, you'll find that it is never too late to make a change, no matter how frayed or damaged you feel like your relationship is with your child.
You can always reset in a meta way.
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