{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Trigger Proof Transmissions ","title":"How To Help a Struggling Child","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4a936869\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":46,"description":"If you’re a parent with a struggling child, \nthis is for you.\nSee if you can relate:\nYour child is acting out again.\nMaybe it's meltdowns. \nMaybe it's defiance. \nMaybe it's withdrawal.\nMaybe they're anxious, \ndepressed, or just... \ndifferent than other kids.\nYour first thought is probably:\n\"They need help. \nThey need therapy. \nThey need to be fixed.\"\nBut what if the problem isn't with your child at all?\n\nIf I told you that your child's behavior \nis actually showing you something much deeper…\nWould you believe me?\nSounds crazy to many of our clients I share this with.\nThey get defensive when I say “the kid is reflecting\nsomething within you that needs healing.”\nBut eventually they come around \nwhen they gather the courage to look.\nHere's what most parents don't realize:\nYour child is your mirror.\n\nEvery behavior in them that triggers you \nis reflecting something unhealed in you.\nWhen they have big emotions \nand you feel overwhelmed...\nWhen they act out and you lose your patience...\nWhen they struggle and you feel helpless...\nYou're not just reacting to their behavior.\n\nYou're reacting to a younger part inside of you.\nThe part of you that was told to be quiet.\nThe part that was shamed for having big feelings.\nThe part that learned emotions weren't safe.\n(Often they’re the exact age you were at when you were struggling). \nYour child then becomes your spiritual practice.\n\nThey show up exactly as they need to, \nto help uncover the parts of you that were rejected long ago.\n\nWhen your 8-year-old has a meltdown, \nthey're not just processing their emotions—\n\nThey're giving you a chance to heal the 8-year-old inside you \nwho never got to have those meltdowns \nwithout a painful consequence.\n\nWhen your teenager pushes boundaries, \nthey're not just being difficult—\n\nThey're showing you where YOUR boundaries \nwere violated as a child.\n\nThis is why sending them to therapy \noften doesn't work long-term.\n\nYou're treating the symptom, not the source.\n\nThe source is the unhealed...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0BpSAOIWk835q3jn3GKBDXPaGPhJ-MM-oFHQMwR5A1Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMGEx/NjcxY2YyYzgyZTA2/NjQ1MTMyNmFkMWJl/MDAxZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}