“What I love to weave in there is the metaphor of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly… the hardest part for kids to identify with is… you’re in the goo phase.”

Amanda Diekman · Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children · Amanda Diekman on Supporting Kids Going Through Burnout

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Explain burnout using a caterpillar-to-butterfly metaphor (cocoon/goo phase, busting out, learning to fly) to help kids understand the process

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