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Wear Them Out Properly
The problem
A wound-up, can't-sit-still kid (or dad) can't settle to anything, and 'calm down' has never once worked on a human being.
The fix
Real physical effort, earlier in the day — a hard ride, a swim, lugging the shopping in from the car. Genuine effort settles a restless system far better than any lecture about settling down.
How to actually do it
- 1Get the big physical effort in earlier in the day, not as a bedtime afterthought.
- 2Make it real work, not a token stroll — a hard ride, a swim, hauling the firewood, a proper run-around.
- 3Build it into the routine so it isn't negotiable, it's just what happens.
Why it works
A wound-up system doesn't respond to 'settle down' — it responds to being properly used. Real physical effort burns off the restlessness and leaves a calm that no amount of telling-off ever will.
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