Replace rigid "should" with flexible "prefer", lift pressure on yourself and others.

Beyond generic "board game nights" — precisely match game complexity to your child's current capacity for waiting and planning.

Teach your child 50 feeling words (not just "sad": frustrated, hopeless, let-down, broken). Precision = regulation.

Use a matrix to decide when to message (async) vs call/meet (sync).

Per decision type: who proposes, decides, consulted, informed.

Two weekly hours of family board games — builds executive function, rule-following, losing gracefully.