This Is Why Bedtime Turns Your Child Into a Monster

Описание: If your child gets wild, hyper, or out of control right before bedtime, this isn’t “too much energy.”
It’s a biological cortisol spike that turns sleep into a nightly battle for millions of parents.

Most parents make one small mistake right before sleep that hijacks their child’s nervous system. And once cortisol takes over, no amount of logic, discipline, or “gentle reminders” will work.

In this Parenting Breakdown, we explain why bedtime tantrums, “second wind” energy, and nighttime meltdowns happen from a neuroscience perspective. When children miss their biological sleep window, the brain enters survival mode, flooding the body with cortisol and adrenaline. This video breaks down how the nervous system works, why traditional bedtime routines fail, and how to guide your child safely out of stress and into sleep using brain-based parenting strategies.

0:00 – Your Child Isn’t Defiant at Bedtime (The Cortisol Trap)
1:00 – Why Bedtime Turns Into a War Every Night
2:39 – The Cortisol Crash Explained (Why Kids Get a Second Wind)
4:10 – The Deep Sea Diver Analogy (Why Transitions Fail)
5:21 – How to Stop Bedtime Tantrums (The Chemical Descent Protocol)
6:13 – Passive Presence: How to Calm a Child’s Nervous System
6:44 – Narrative Handover: Ending the Dopamine Loop
7:05 – Why Bedtime Tantrums Aren’t Bad Behavior
7:23 – Leadership vs Control in Parenting
7:57 – When Does the Energy Spike Hit Your House?

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