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Added 2025-07-09 07:00:05 +0000 UTCHave a nice, grounding moment between mother and child. I looked around for some good techniques for introducing kids to box breathing (breathe in 4 seconds, hold 4 seconds, breathe out 4 seconds, hold 4 seconds) and this was what I found. I really like it!
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"Flowers and Bubbles" I'm going to have to remember that for my next social media doom-scroll.
OldeWolfe
2025-07-09 16:54:50 +0000 UTCI'm happy you learned to stop. We're all different and while I wasn't someone who would self harm, I was also not the type who wanted to harm others. As a result, my lashing out became destructive to inanimates around me. Losing both maternal grandparents to cancer and having my Dad flake out and leave us right in the middle of all of it... well, I thank God I learned some coping mechanisms that worked. 'Count to twenty' and 'breathe' never did it for me either. I still don't know how my Mom handled it, metal e with me added on.
wjd1206
2025-07-09 15:11:38 +0000 UTCHonestly, that's a nice twist on the usual motherly advice. I never heard of anyone comparing to the usual "take a deep breath " to smelling flowers π and blowing bubbles π«§, but Honestly, that makes more sense to a child than just telling them to do the action. Growing up, I was told to "stop and count to twenty", but due to my condition, I was quite self-harming until I learned to stop. My childhood was quite a stressful life. She's a good mother. Reminds me of my late Mother.
Patrick Horton
2025-07-09 10:14:47 +0000 UTC
