School Drop-Off Meltdowns and How to Cope - Ep. 429

Shanna navigates two school drop-off meltdowns in one week and finds an unexpected way to regulate herself afterward. Laura reports on her boys' first week of school and a surprisingly successful shopping trip, and in this week's "Throwback" segment, she takes us back to the summer of 1995, when she gave herself a disastrous 4th-of-July dye job that her mom has never let her forget. They also share this week's BFPs and BFNs.

Kids' ages: Shanna's kids are 7.5 and 10.5 years old, and Laura's kids are 7.5 years old and 5.5 years old.

Topics discussed in this episode:
• What to do when your kid melts down at school drop-off
• Regulating yourself after your child's big emotions
• Using singing and music to complete the stress cycle
• When a teacher goes on leave at the start of the school year
• Getting intel on your kid's new teacher
• Kindergarten buddy programs for siblings at the same school
• Helping kids who feel unsure about friendships in a new class
• Kids who love shopping in person
• Teaching kids to apply temporary tattoos themselves
• How to remove temporary tattoos
• Letting kids dye their hair bright colors
• Why "temporary" hair dye sometimes isn't
• Beating the heat with a backyard pool setup
• Solo theme park trips for parents

Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:
• Toy Story 5 (imdb.com/title/tt29355505)
• Manic Panic hair dye (manicpanic.com)
• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski (burnoutbook.net)
• Intex above-ground pools (intexcorp.com/products/above-ground-pools/meta…)
• Thermacell mosquito repellent (thermacell.com)
• Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Hollywood (universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things…)

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