As we mark Mental Health Awareness Month this May, it is essential to look at an aspect of family wellness that often goes unaddressed: the direct biological link between a caregiver's stress levels and a child's behavior. When a child is having a difficult behavioral moment—whether it is a sudden tantrum, defiance, or intense clinginess—our immediate instinct as caregivers is to make it stop. If your heart rate spikes, your chest tightens...