When adults get stressed out, we tend to act like adolescents. This is true mainly because “When we stress,
we regress.” Our amygdala is hijacked, our higher functioning frontal cortex is shut down, and we no longer run the show. The same is true for our children.
Real peace comes when internal circumstances are quiet and settled, regardless of the external environment. For most of us, that little bit of calm at the end of the day is not enough to restore our worn-out and beaten-down spirits from dealing with our special kiddos. We need to experience more peace during the hectic day, not only after it is done. Some of us cannot even go to the bathroom without one of our children sitting outside the door or pounding on it, trying to get it.
