Choose one transition in your day and make the next step easier to understand. This guide focuses on a manageable starting point and explaining changes.
Explain a change calmly
When a familiar routine changes, tell your child what will happen. A calm explanation is more useful than pretending the change did not happen.
A calm explanation helps make the change understandable.
Begin with one short sequence
Pick a small, repeatable part of the day that you can follow through on. An entire-day redesign is not necessary to begin practising predictability.
Start with something you can realistically follow through on.
Read it. Try it. Come back to why.
Read one point at a time, then use the linked scenario to check your understanding. The practice is a chance to return to the explanation and reflect, rather than a measure of parenting ability.
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