S1 E7 | The Goldilocks Challenge in Caregiving

We’ve all been there as caregivers: you jump in too fast, and the kid shuts down. You hold back, and they spin out. There’s actually a word for getting it just right — scaffolding. It sounds simple enough. But if you've tried to do it in real time, you know it's anything but. Today Sandy and Jess are digging into that Goldilocks problem — what the science says about over-helping and under-helping across ages and settings, and why "just right" isn't the same for every kid, caregiver, or context.