
Calming Unsettled Children: Your Guide to Grace Under Pressure
Let’s be real: calming an upset child can sometimes feel like trying to defuse a ticking time bomb—with an audience. You’re patting bottoms, rocking like you’re auditioning for a rodeo, and tossing out distractions faster than a magician with a deck of cards. Meanwhile, your heart is racing, your shoulders are up near your ears, and nothing seems to be working
Sound familiar?
Here’s the deal: children are tiny emotional sponges. They feel everything we feel—our tension, our stress, our panic—and reflect it right back. Infants and toddlers are pros at reading our body language (and, let’s face it, they’ve probably noticed that we didn’t get enough sleep last night). When we’re wound up, it winds them up even more.
So, what’s the secret to calming a child?
It starts with calming yourself.



Written by
Angela Bush
Founder - ECE Learning Unlimited
Bachelor of Education (ECE), Diploma of Nursing, Diploma of Teaching (ECE)
Angela is a degree qualified and registered ECE teacher, multiple ECE centre owner, curriculum leader and business manager of ECE Learning Unlimited. She is also a registered nurse.
With over thirty years in ECE and centre ownership, Angela has a wealth of experience and knowledge in successful ECE leadership and centre management.
Over the years Angela has also had roles as a lecturer in ECE, nanny, teacher, and mentor.
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