Slowly

Three slow breaths together

The step that settles them. Free, one page.

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The 5-Minute Evening Reset

1
Signal the shiftLights down, voice down, and the line that starts it.
2
Anchor calmSit close. One slow hug. Three slow breaths together.
3
Close the loopOne short song, then the sentence that ends the day.

Step two, and the one that actually changes a child's state.

Sit close. One slow hug. Then three slow breaths, together — you do them out loud so they have something to follow. You are not instructing them to calm down; you are doing it beside them and letting them copy, which is the only version that works under five.

It takes under a minute. It's the shortest step and the one people skip.

What you get

One printable pageA4, free. Print it once and put it where bedtime actually happens.
The exact wordsWhat to say to start it, to hold it, and to end the day cleanly.
For when it doesn't go cleanA line for pushback, and a section for when it only half-works.

Five minutes, even on the worst nights.

Everything you need to say is already on the page.

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