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Samantha and Lauren discuss why children may struggle with tasks they seemed able to do the day before (like getting dressed, brushing teeth, or doing homework) and how parents can respond without assuming laziness or defiance.

They emphasize a mindset shift: yesterday’s success doesn’t guarantee today’s ability, and parents should get “curious, not furious” by looking for what helped previously and what’s harder now.

The episode explains executive functioning and how multi-step tasks involve transitions, planning, organization, impulse control, memory, and sensory tolerance, which can be affected by ADHD, autism, stress, sleep, sensory processing, and environmental factors like rushing or noise.

00:00 Why Kids Seem Inconsistent
02:40 Curious Not Furious
04:03 Executive Function Basics
04:54 Getting Dressed Breakdown
08:37 Hidden Support You Give
11:41 ADHD Inconsistency Research
13:12 Video Games Versus Homework
18:04 Sleep Stress Sensory Environment
22:52 Cant Versus Wont
23:49 Practical Support Ideas
24:42 Part Two And Wrap Up

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