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75 Easy and Fun Calm Down Strategies for kids (that they'll love!)

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75 Science-backed calm down strategies for kids that are easy, engaging, and will help your child develop strong emotional regulation skills. Read on and then grab your free printable of 75 calming techniques to have on hand when your child’s anger or anxiety takes over.

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When it comes to children’s emotional development you’re going to be hard-pressed to find another skill as important (and as predictive of future success) as emotional regulation.

Due to your child’s immature nervous system and still under major construction, developing frontal cortex, it makes sense that they often lack the skills that help them to successfully manage their emotions and feelings (and if you’re being honest, I bet you’d say you’re still working on this particular ability too- even as an adult!).

One of the most helpful things you can do as a parent (and when it comes to how to raise an emotionally intelligent child) is to support your child in exploring different calming strategies for kids that help foster your child’s emotional regulation.

You may have mistakingly assumed that these skills would appear naturally on their own, but it’s only through a lot of trial and error, repetition and teaching, that your child will develop strong Emotional regulation skills and the ability to consistently seek out healthy coping and calming techniques when experiencing intense emotions.

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You might be wondering what makes these calming strategies for kids different than other’s you’ve tried. These techniques are proven effective and are research-backed because they:

1) Are grounded in the neuroscience of emotional regulation, or how your child’s brain functions when processing stress and intense emotion

2) Include activities that utilize co-regulation, or a child’s need to have close connected support from a caregiver in order to return to a physiologically regulated state

3) Focus on physical movements that provide calming and organizing sensory input to the brain and nervous system

Check out or PIN for later: Anger management for kids: A child therapist’s no Fail Secrets to Calm

1. Breathe.

We have to start with this one because it’s powerful. Breathing exercises for kids are the quickest and most efficient way to disengage your child’s limb system and decrease stress bodies stress response. 

2. Cuddle with a warm compress (my kids love these cute animal ones).

3. Play/cuddle with a pet.

4. Write a letter.

Write a letter to someone you’d like to share your feelings with, or about a challenging topic or situation.

5. Breathe in a favorite scent.

Essential oils work amazingly for this! The brain’s olfactory center overlaps with areas that control emotions, so scent has a major impact on our emotions. Here are some safe, kid-friendly options we love!

6. Count your heartbeats.

7. Get wrapped up tight in a blanket like a burrito.

8. Tell a grown-up what you need.

9. Draw/color what your feelings would look like.

10. Squeeze something (these are the

The reason ‘squeeze balls’, putty, squishes work is they send the brain calming proprioceptive sensory input (from compressing the joints). Try it yourself and you’ll feel what I mean!

11. Do animal walks (bear, crab, frog jumps etc).

12. ‘Yell your anger’ into a pillow/blanket/sleeve.

13. Watch an animal.

Animal watching is a great way to teach mindfulness with kids 

14. Make a fort to hide in.

15. Cuddle up with a cozy blanket.

16. Do a handstand.

Inversion (or handing upside down) is a proven technique that quickly affects the autonomic nervous system, slowing down the body’s stress response.

17. Try a short guided meditation for kids (learn more about other

18. Play with water.

19.

20. Jump.

21. Visualize a ‘happy place’.

22. Stretch.

23. Do a downward-facing dog yoga pose (you can find more in this

24. 5-4-3-2-1 Challenge

Name 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can touch, 2 things you can smell, and one thing you can taste. This helps pull us into our bodies senses (which has a grounding effect), and out of our overly-activated ’emotion center’ of the brain.

25. Go outdoors.

26. Give yourself a hand massage.

27. Slow down your breathing with an

28. Squeeze a stuffed animal.

29. Identify your emotions (grab the flashcards in my ‘Calm Kids Set’).

30. Get in touch with nature.

Just holding something from nature or watching nature on TV has been found to produce calming effects on the brain!

31. Do wall push-ups.

32. Do a

sensory play activity.  

33. Ask for a hug.

34. Drink a glass of water.

35. Push your palms together, hold, then release and repeat.

This is one of the quickest, easiest and most convenient ways to give the brain calming sensory input.

36. Put on noise-canceling headphones for quiet.

37. Turn off the lights.

Related read>>>  The 50 Most EPIC  Anger Management Tools for Kids

38. Run/walk around the outside of the house a few times.

39. Get a back scratch.

40. Take a warm bath.

41. Read a book about emotions.

42.

43. Rock back and forth.

44. Do a ‘brain dump’ in a journal.

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45. Rip up or crumple a piece of paper.

46. Name 5 favorite things.

Focusing on gratitude will help soothe and de-activate the emotion center of the brain.

47. Chew gum or a chewy.

48. Rock yourself like a baby.

49. Cover up with a weighted blanket.

50. Color or read on your stomach.

This is referred to as ‘prone position’ and will help regulate your nervous system.

51. Go to the park.

52. Watch a

53. Find a cozy space to crawl into.

54. Do 15 squats.

55. Squeeze your fists as tight as you can.

56. Count backward from 50.

57. Remind yourself it’s ok to be angry/upset/hurt etc.

58. No, seriously. Go outside!

(Here’s 40 Benefits of Outdoor Nature play for Kids)

59. Go for a bike ride.

60. Try a

61. Make a pillow trail and crawl over it.

62.

63. Close your eyes and tune out the world.

64. Give yourself a tight squeeze.

65. Sit with your feelings for a few minutes and allow yourself to experience them.

66. Call a friend.

67. Pray

68. Eat a crunchy snack.

69. Knit/crochet or create something with your hands.

70. Repeat

71. Look at a magazine.

72. Use these

73. Recite the alphabet backward.

Focusing on a specific cognitive task helps de-activate your brain’s ’emotion center (amygdala) and activate the ‘thinking center’ (frontal lobes).

74. Climb.

75. Remind yourself emotions are like waves, they come and they go.

Read or PIN: The Best Thing you can do to Help an Angry Child

When it comes to emotional development in children there’s no ‘one size fits all’ option.

Every child will differ with what their nervous system needs to down-regulate or slow down in order to regain emotional control. Their preferences will also change with different stages of development, seasons or ages.

A large part of raising an emotionally intelligent child is helping them to understand how to take care of their brain and body when experiencing emotional intensity and this list of calm down techniques for kids will get you off to a running start!

This post comes with a free printable list of calming strategies! (It’s hard to remember 75 things (even before having kids!) so let’s make things easy)

Here’s a peek at it…

1. Download the calming strategies list. You’ll get the printable, plus join 20,000+ parents who receive my weekly insights, tips, and strategies on how to raise emotionally healthy kids who will change the world, every week!
2. Print.
3. Place it on your refrigerator or in a centralized area (and experiment with what your child responds best to).

Click HERE to get your printable list and join!

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This post was originally published 1/30/2020 and has since been updated.

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About Angela Pruess LMFT

Welcome! I’m Angela, a Licensed Children’s Mental Health Professional, Positive Parenting coach, and mom to Spirited Kids that help me learn and grow (grey hairs) every single day. I believe EVERY child deserves to live their BEST life and that emotional health is the magic key to lifelong success and happiness. Read more about me and the Parents with Confidence manifesto.

Calming Activities & Soothing Techniques for Preschoolers

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Learning to regulate our emotional responses, especially during times of stress, can be difficult. Most children have some natural ways of self-regulating, but may also need to learn appropriate ways to respond when experiencing anxiety. Calming strategies can help a child to work through strong emotions. It is our job as parents to find ways to not only help them calm down when becoming upset, but to help them learn to calm down anywhere and in any given situation.

When your child is anxious or stressed, these calming activities and soothing techniques are great for helping them settle so they can move past any problem or upset, and can really help little ones relax and regain their sense of control. They are also great as quiet time activities.

Did you know that blowing bubbles can have a calming effect on children?

The exercise of blowing the bubble encourages children to practice deep breathing which has calming effects on the body. So next time your kids are having a bad day, are tired or irritable (they all have them). Instead of fighting a losing battle, get out the bubble mixture, get them blowing bubbles and have some fun. You’ll both feel better, more relaxed and able to face the day.

A Calm Down Jar is a meditation tool to use whenever a child feels stressed, overwhelmed or upset. Imagine the glitter as your thoughts. When you shake the jar, imagine your head full of whirling thoughts, then watch them slowly settle while you calm down. Calm Down Jars provide healthy and effective ways for little ones to help soothe themselves, calm down, take deep breaths, and work through their emotions.

This can provide a nice alternative to a traditional timeout, and it encourages the child to refocus without punishing them. Although the kids and I just like to shake it up and  sit and watch the glitter swirl around and around.

Here are 6 Ways To Make a Calm Down Jar:

http://preschoolinspirations.com/6-ways-to-make-a-calm-down-jar/

DIY Nebula Jar:

http://www.momdot.com/diy-nebula-jar-instructions/

Play dough is one of those magical inventions that engages children for a good chunk of time. Play dough can be taken a step further and become not only an engaging activity for growing little minds, but also a calming one. By incorporating the calming aromas of lavender into your child’s play dough, you are providing several of your child’s senses the relaxing calming stimulation it needs to mellow out.

Calming Lavender Play Dough Recipe:

http://www.superhealthykids.com/calming-lavender-play-dough/

Try dimming the lights and reducing the amount of noise in the room.

When people are feeling anxious or tense, they naturally tend to take rapid, shallow breaths. The simple act of breathing slowly and deeply can reduce feelings of stress. Have your child practice this move: Breathe in slowly through the nose…hold for a few seconds…and then slowly exhale through the mouth. Repeat several times.

Have your child form their hands into fists and bring their shoulders to their ears. Count to five with them and then relax. Repeat five times. Try using props such as “squishy stress balls” to help exaggerate the motion.

Children need to feel heard, especially when upset. Eye contact dramatically helps them feel that way. Allowing them to talk about how they are feeling will help make leaps and bounds toward calming down.

Help your child visualize a place they find relaxing. Have them close their eyes and picture somewhere they really likes to go, such as the beach. Ask them what sounds they typically hear there and what the place smells like. Then help them imagine the sounds of the waves crashing, the scent of the salt in the air, or whatever sensory details they described.

When people feel that they’re under pressure, they tense up physically. Squeezing a squeeze ball can help your child release that tension. So can squishing modeling clay or hugging a stuffed animal. These actions also encourage your child to focus on what their hands are doing, distracting them from whatever is causing anxiety.

Calm, quiet music, either sung or using a tape or CD can help soothe a child.

Think about all the stress you deal with throughout the day.  Now think about the demands that are put on your child.  Pretty comparable! But as mature adults we know how to (or at least how we should) deal with stress, but our children do not.

This is why it is so important for us to give our children the powerful practice of meditation . Mediation is such a powerful stress relieving tool.  We can help our children understand its intentions and ability to help us adapt to the changing and stressful world around us, and they will be able to calm themselves when they are in a stressful situation.

Link to Mindfulness/Meditations For Children exercises to get you started:

http://www.emilyfee.com/2017/03/meditation-for-kids.html

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-18351/5-kid-friendly-yoga-poses-to-help-your-child-avoid-a-meltdown.html

https://www. mindbodygreen.com/0-24120/5-easy-breathing-techniques-to-calm-your-kid-and-relax-the-whole-family.html

Resources:

Understood

ConnectAbility

Preschool Inspirations

Momdot

Views From a Step Stool

MindBodyGreen

Super Healthy Kids

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In my experience, there are a few key strategies and practices that are needed in many homes with a child with autism, but unfortunately they are lacking. If you stick to these strategies before you start your home ABA therapy program, your consultant will be very grateful that you made the job easier in advance. Above all, however, these strategies will reduce stress in your own life as well as your child's, and make it easier for them to learn new skills. Even if you don't have the ability to provide ABA therapy, these strategies can change your child's life for the better on their own. I recommend implementing these approaches as early as possible – the younger the child, the better. However, if you are caring for an older child or adult with autism, these strategies will be just as helpful. nine0003

1. Structure/routine at home: Consistency and knowing what to expect helps children with autism cope with daily challenges. Develop a daily routine for your home and stick to it as strictly as possible. Every day the child should go to bed at the same time. Dinner should be at the same time. Walk outside should be at the same time. Abrupt, unexpected, and significant changes from day to day and from moment to moment are a sure way to undesirable behavior or a full-blown tantrum in your child. A stable daily routine based on what you do every day allows the child to feel more in control of the environment. nine0003

2. Visual schedule for the day: See why you need to start by creating a daily schedule? Visual timetables are vital to teaching a child independence. How can your child learn to do their morning routine, eat breakfast, get ready for school on their own? Very simple: a visual timetable. Have you ever caught yourself repeating the same requirement 2, 3 or even 85 times in a row? Make a visual schedule. When your child completes an activity or task, does he just wander around, filling the time with self-stimulation and unwanted behavior? Create a visual schedule. A visual schedule helps these guys understand what they need to do now, what will happen next, and what will happen after that. A word of advice: please don't use written timetables with children who can't read yet. It's useless. Use photos and pictures. (See also: How to Use Visual Support for Autism.) nine0003

3. Communication system: I often talk about teaching communication skills, and this is exactly where to start, and as early as possible. Your child may be able to communicate using sign language, tablet, PECS, and so on. Most importantly, everyone in the house should agree to encourage and accept this particular system of communication. If the child can speak, then encourage him to speak and demand them. If the child can handle gestures, then encourage and demand gestures from him. Very often I see that at home the child uses many ineffective and weak forms of communication, and this is a problem that needs to be solved. Start encouraging only one system of communication, and make sure everyone in the family understands the need for it. (See also: How to choose a communication method for a non-verbal child with autism. ) nine0003

4. Restricted access to rewards: No “free access” or “bitching”. Free access means that if a child simply "adores" the cartoon about Dasha the Pathfinder, then he has the opportunity to watch Dasha for hours every day. Biting means that if a child simply “loves” pretzels, then at any moment he can come into the kitchen, open a cupboard and take a whole handful of pretzels. If your child has free and unlimited access to what he likes best, how will you reward him for good behavior? Positive reinforcement is an effective and critical strategy for teaching your child new skills. And when I hear from parents: “She just doesn’t have any rewards!”, then very often this means that the child does not need to work for something because she has access to whatever she wants.

5. Active escape prevention strategies: The risk of running away is a huge safety hazard for many children with autism, especially non-verbal children. You can start teaching your child not to run away from a very early age. Along with the daily routine (see how important this is?), you should have rules for behavior in the house. The rule about running can be something like, "You should ask your mom before you go out." Make visual cues about the "stop and ask" rule and place them next to each door. When the child approaches the door, he needs to be reminded that he cannot go outside alone. Teach your child to come up to you and use their communication system (PECS, gestures, tablet, etc.) to ask to "walk". I suggest closing visual cues at night to indicate that you can't go outside at all now. Or you can hang another prompt, for example, "Wait." Explain to your child that you can only go outside when the sun is shining. nine0003

6. Choice Board: I always enjoy teaching my kids how to make choices. After all, own choice is a fundamental right of every person, but when it comes to children with disabilities, this right is often ignored. Many problem behaviors can be reduced or eliminated simply by giving the child more choices, such as where to sit, what movie to watch, juice or milk. To help kids make choices, I usually make a visual choice board with cards for their favorite activities, foods, or toys. Throughout the day, I show them the choice board many times and let them choose what to do, what to eat, or what to play with. Depending on the child, the choice board may be updated with varying regularity if the child gets bored with his rewards. I also like using the selection board because it teaches you to look at different items and choose one of them. If you have a non-verbal child, instead of running around trying to figure out what he needs while he yells and screams, just hand him the picture board and say "Choose." (See also: Teaching a Child with Autism to Make Choices.) nine0003

7. Conditions for toilet training: This is a big strategy that is needed in many homes but is very rare in them. Even if your child is too young for toilet training, you should start this strategy right away. Change diapers only in the bathroom, teach your child to help you with dressing and undressing, let him throw away the soiled diaper, and then wash his hands. You teach everything related to the toilet, in addition to actually sitting on the toilet. The child gets used to the bathroom and learns many skills that he will need later (for example, how to unzip his pants). For complex skills like handwashing, make a step-by-step visual schedule. If the child is dirty, then he should participate in changing clothes, throw away the diaper or soiled underpants, and wash his hands. nine0003

8. Multimodal sensory stimulation items: This is directly related to the reduction of repetitive, self-stimulating behavior and hyperactivity. If guys spend too much time on stimming, parents often ask me to reduce it. Well, your baby needs stimming for something. So I always recommend redirecting it, not suppressing it. Find objects that your child can manipulate and interact with to get the sensory stimulation they need, so they don't have to wander around the house all day mooing, shaking their arms or spinning around. Options include large gym balls, a trampoline, sensory boxes with a variety of items, glowing toys, finger paints, and so on. nine0003

9. Workspace for self-study: Task completion is one of my favorite programs. I love this program because it teaches leisure skills (my guys almost never have appropriate leisure skills when I meet them) and independence. Do you have to entertain your child all day long? Whether you need to call, do laundry or email, will your child be able to keep busy? If not, then he should be taught independent pursuits. Set aside a small workspace, pick up a few activities and set a timer. Teach your child to complete tasks until the timer goes off, and then give him a big reward. Over time, workspace activities can be added to the visual schedule (see why it's so important?), and the child will be able to eat on their own, clean up, do two workspace activities, start doing homework, and so on. nine0003

10. Place to rest: This is another strategy that I would like to see more often, because it is often needed. Children with autism experience severe overload and overstimulation during the day, which results in moodiness, whining, tantrums and self-injury. Very often I observe how parents take full responsibility for the emotions of the child. For example, picking up a crying baby, rocking it, and comforting it until it stops crying. First, they reinforce the problem behavior. Secondly, it is important for us to teach children from an early age that they can control their emotions. Set aside a quiet corner of the house and place things there to help you calm down (pillows, floor bags, exercise ball, etc.). When the child is upset or overwhelmed, explain to him that he needs to calm down, for example: “You are crying and throwing toys. You need to calm down." Guide the child to a place to rest and help him do something soothing, such as breathing deeply and slowly, counting to five, and so on. Use visual cues to show your child what steps to take to calm down. Praise and encourage your child for improvements in their mood. Over time, you can just tell your child to go calm down, and he can go to a place to rest on his own, practice relaxation exercises, and come back when he feels better. Calming strategies (their visual cues) should always be carried with you and used in any setting. It's not the place itself that matters, but the fact that you teach your child to regulate their own emotions. (See also: How to use the "unload zone" to help your child calm down.) nine0003

We hope that the information on our website will be useful or interesting for you. You can support people with autism in Russia and contribute to the work of the Foundation by clicking on the "Help" button.

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How to Calm a Crying Child - No Analogy

nine0074 13.09.2021

Content

1. How to quickly reassure the crying child
2. Change of scenery for quick stop hysteria
3. Popular ways to rest and calm
4. Change of activity - Effective method
5. Active techniques for reassuring children
children
6. Mindfulness exercises for children
7. Pressure as a calming tool for children
8. Sensory techniques
9. Tips for Stopping a Tantrum Quickly

Soothing a crying baby is not as difficult as a tantrum-weary parent might think. The main thing here is the calmness of an adult.

We offer calming strategies for children - these are tactics, activities, methods, worksheets and exercises aimed at reducing children's anxiety, anger, overexcitation, tension.

There are many activities that can help our children when they are upset, agitated or overexcited. Most of the exercises you will read below are also used as calming strategies for adults. nine0003

Sedding strategies usually fall into one or more of these categories:

• Relaxation,
• Understanding the problem and ways to solve it,
• Distraction of attention,
• Self -control,
• Emotions recognition,
• Perenopolion of emotions, emotions, Personation of Emotion
• coping strategy adapted to the specific situation.

Some of the proposed methods will immediately please you, others will seem crazy or ineffective. The meaning of a large list of exercises aimed at the same thing is to find your own method of solving the problem. nine0003

How to quickly calm a crying baby

1. Hug a soft toy . This is one of the stress-relaxing exercises. The premise of this relaxation method is that physical relaxation will result in a feeling of calmness. With gradual relaxation of the muscles, you begin to tighten, and then relax the muscle groups, following a certain order. You can also teach your kids to "breathe in/hug/breathe out/relax" by repeating this cycle a few times until they start to feel calmer. nine0081
2. Massage . Medical studies have shown that the benefits of massage include pain relief, reduction of anxiety and depression, and a temporary reduction in blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety.
3. Grounding or 5-4-3-2-1 technique . This is a very simple and extremely effective baby calming exercise. It distracts children from the cause of the tantrum, helps them focus on the present moment and relax. So ask the child:

• Name 5 things you can SEE around you.
• Name 4 things you can TOUCH right now.
• Name 3 things you can HEAR here.
• Name 2 things you can Smell right now.
• Name 1 thing that you can TASTE here and now.

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If a tantrum is happening right now, a quick change of scenery around the child can help as a distraction and away from the worry.

1. Move to another room.
2. Go outside.
3. Send the child to walk with dad.
4. Place the child in a corner. Strikingly, it is recommended by some psychologists as a short-term measure.

Popular ways to calm and calm down

1. For older children and adults: write down your problems on a piece of paper and tear it up.
2. For little ones: to help express their feelings. For example, you can download emotion chart and work with it.
3. Teaching a child problem-solving skills. You can use the Stop / Think / Do technique . Stop when emotions overwhelm. Think about alternatives to solve the problem. Implement the chosen strategy.
4. Count until you feel relaxed.
5. Keep a diary to record your feelings. The diary helps:

• to believe in yourself,
• to get rid of uncertainty,
• to express emotions,
• to realize mistakes,
• to see your progress.

Changing activities is an effective way

1. Turn on the TV . Children's program. Of course, if the TV or something similar was not the cause of the child's tantrum, which must be extinguished. nine0081
2. Board games . Here are reviews of board games and free board games for download.
3. Computer games .
4. Reading a book . Especially reading books with parents. What to read?
5. Play with plasticine . For example, you can make faces for monsters from plasticine.
6. Drawing , coloring.
7. Audio tales or songs.
8. Loud singing to relieve tension. nine0081
9. Game with toys.
10. Warm bath .
11. Snack . True, food as a way of distraction should not be abused. “Don’t cry, eat candy” fixes sweets in the brain as a way to overcome a stressful situation.
12. Drink a glass of water .

Active Techniques to Calm Children

Use physical activity to burn off energy. This is both a strategy for switching attention, and just physical fatigue, which allows you to sleep better at night. nine0003

1. Jump on the fitness ball .
2. Jump without a ball, on the spot.
3. Run .
4. Ride the bike .
5. Dance . The idea for dancing is a dancing cube.

Breathing exercises for children

Breathing exercises help control excessive physiological arousal.

Here are some examples of exercises that help children learn deep breathing (most of the exercises are also used in speech therapy practice, that is, they are also useful for speech development):

1. Pretend to smell the flower.
2. Pretend to take away the candle so that it does not go out.
3. Blow on the turntable.
4. Blow on the napkin (piece of napkin) on the table to make it move.
5. Blow soap bubbles (homemade recipes for soap bubbles).
6. Blow out the candle.
7. Deep breathing while an adult counts to 10.
8. Alternating nostril breathing is an exercise in yoga breathing techniques. Place your thumb on the right nostril, index finger on the left nostril. Hold the right nostril with your thumb and inhale slowly through the left. Exhale through the right nostril, closing the left. Hold your breath for a couple of seconds and inhale through the right nostril, leaving the left nostril closed. Continue alternating sides. nine0081
9. Belly breathing (diaphragm breathing).

Mindfulness Exercises for Children

1. Body Scan Meditation - This meditation technique involves moving our attention systematically and deliberately through our body, paying attention to different sensations in different parts of it.
2. Developing tasks for the child's attention. Used to prevent children's tantrums when you see that the child is overexcited. nine0081

• memory,
• dotted lines,
• logical tasks: sudoku, mazes,
• find and show tasks.

Pressure as a calming tool for children

Whatever the throwback to this effect, most people find pressure calming. They even make special ones for this:

• Weighted blankets.

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