How to Stay Calm | Trauma-Informed Parenting with Cindy Lee

Cindy R. Lee is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with particular expertise in helping foster and adoptive families thrive. Her trauma-informed teaching aids parents as they raise children who have experienced harm. In this video, Cindy Lee discusses why the most important thing for trauma-informed caregivers to remember is to STAY CALM.

0:00 Intro
0:38 Most Important Piece of Advice
1:32 We Are Not Super Humans
3:35 What Pushes Our Buttons
4:11 How Self-Worth Develops
5:55 An Example Scenario
7:44 Lies Become Our Buttons
8:10 Replace the Lies

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