Parent Support

This time of year creates one of the biggest emotional loads on a child’s nervous system, especially for kids who are neurodivergent, sensory-sensitive, anxious, or simply exhausted from the rhythm of the school year. Even the most confident, resilient, social kids feel it in some way.

As parents, one of the most supportive things we can do is gather the right information before the final bell rings, not academic levels or pressure-filled goals, but the kind of information that builds emotional safety, predictability, and connection.

You cannot teach a dysregulated child. They can only learn when their nervous system is calm first.

We’re not victims of a broken clock; we’re victims of divided attention. The Stolen Time Effect tricks us into believing days are shorter, when in reality, they’re just more fragmented.

You might even think: “Well, at least they’re not out getting into trouble.” But chronic isolation is 100% trouble, on every single level. It’s just a quieter kind, one that disconnects them from their bodies, their emotions, their families, and eventually… from reality.

You know that magical confidence kids are born with? They dance in the lounge room in their underwear. They roar like dinosaurs in the supermarket. They belly-laugh at fart jokes, ask the most inappropriate questions in public, and pick their wedgies without shame. They don’t worry about how they sound. Or how they look. They just are.

We’re only just beginning to understand the huge role gut health plays in a child’s mood, learning, and even behaviour. But at The GET Co., we’ve been watching it unfold in real-time for years—in our own family, and now in the work we bring to other children. Let me explain.

Here are three powerful, research-backed techniques we use in our programs—and how you can try them at home or in your classroom.

“Isn’t yoga just stretching?” - If I had a dollar for every time someone said that, I’d probably own a retreat center in Bali by now. And honestly, I get it. On the surface, yoga can look like stretching. But when we talk about yoga therapy for children, we’re in a totally different ballpark.

We don’t believe kids need fixing. We believe they need to be met with compassion, curiosity, and a deeper understanding of how their bodies and brains work. We teach emotional literacy, body awareness, and self-regulation through yoga-inspired tools, so that children can trust themselves, grow in confidence, and begin to thrive. Because when a child feels safe in their body and in their environment, that’s when the magic starts.

Do these kids realise the long-term damage they cause? or have we created a generation so overstimulated, so emotionally numbed, so rewarded for ‘likes’, that they can no longer feel the weight of their actions?

The recent 9 News report highlighting escalating violence in classrooms is heartbreaking, but not surprising. Teachers are overwhelmed....

The truth is, most children — especially those with sensory sensitivities, ADHD, anxiety, or neurodivergence — aren’t choosing to be fidgety or distracted.They’re moving because they’re trying to regulate their nervous system. And here’s the thing: the more we try to force stillness without supporting their body’s need for movement, the harder it gets for them to focus. The good news? We can actually use movement to support attention, focus, and emotional regulation — and tha

You’ve tried OT. You’ve done speech. You’ve sat through paediatric appointments, play therapy sessions… and now you’re being called into school meetings.You’re told your child’s “not coping,” they “can’t focus,” or “struggle with regulation.”But at home, it’s confusing — sometimes they seem fine. Other times? The smallest trigger sets off a storm of emotion.You find yourself walking on eggshells, hoping today won’t be “one of those days.”You’re doing everything you can… and y

There’s a whole group of children being quietly overlooked. We call them “the missing middle.”