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Stop the 5pm Meltdown: 3 Calm-Down Moves You Can Use Tonight

For exhausted parents of 12–24 month olds who dread the witching hour

That stretch between dinner and bedtime — when your little one dissolves into screaming on the kitchen floor and nothing works — isn’t a discipline problem. It’s predictable. And it’s fixable, starting tonight.

Get the free 5-day email course that walks you through the exact calm-down moves parents use to shorten (and prevent) those evening meltdowns — one short email a day, no fluff.

What you’ll learn

  • Why the 5pm meltdown shows up like clockwork — and the one cue most parents miss
  • A 60-second “reset” you can do mid-tantrum without bribing or caving
  • The tiny tweak to your wind-down routine that heads off the screaming before it starts
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Built on the science, not guesswork

Every move in this course is drawn from peer-reviewed research on toddler self-regulation and early emotional development — translated by child-development specialists into things you can actually do tonight while making dinner.