By Shobha Bhaskar, M.D.
It is common for parents to see their child go to school in the morning in a great mood, but when they come home in the evening, they are whining and crying, rebelling, and resisting — it is almost like dealing with a different kid! As a result, parents are often left wondering if something happened at school that the child or the teacher has not told them about. When in fact, it could be a normal phenomenon where kids are dealing with or decompressing from the stress of focusing and behaving at school and afterschool activities that is making them fall apart. It is what parenting experts refer to as afterschool restraint collapse or afterschool meltdowns.
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