Scanning the environment. Calculating risk. Assessing needs. Making quick decisions. Sounds like a military operation? It's actually not far from what high energy/anxious parents experience a lot of the time.

I really struggled to put my daughter to bed last night. Just when I thought she was drifting off, she ripped her nappy off, grabbed the monitor and threw it on the floor. I could feel my anxiety spike and was seconds from losing my temper.