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We Were Warned, Then We Were Blamed In 1983, the United States was handed a warning label. The report was called A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform. It was written by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, a commission created by U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell and chaired by David Pierpont Gardner. The commission was directed to examine the quality of American education and report its findings to the Secretary and the American peo

When a child is angry, defiant, overwhelmed, shut down, sarcastic, tearful, impulsive, or explosive, the behavior is often the loudest part of the moment. It gets our attention first. It can feel personal. It can make adults want to correct quickly, raise the volume, tighten control, or demand compliance. The fundamental truth is that a dysregulated child does not usually need an adult to join the dysregulation. They need an adult who can remain steady enough to help them fin