12/11/2025
▪️How NET Can Help Kids With Big Emotions & Behavior Challenges▪️
▪️Children often communicate their inner world through behavior—not words. When a child is frequently defiant, aggressive, impulsive, inattentive or experiencing intense tantrums, it can be overwhelming for both the child and their family. While many factors contribute to behavioral challenges, emotional stress is often an underlying piece that gets overlooked.
Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) is a powerful, gentle and noninvasive mind-body approach that helps release stored emotional stress patterns in the nervous system. And yes—it can be safely and effectively used with children.
▪️What Is NET?▪️
NET (Neuro Emotional Technique) is a stress-reduction method that helps identify and release unresolved emotional stress that gets “stuck” in the body. These stress patterns can influence mood, focus, behavior and even physical symptoms.
NET uses a combination of:
• Muscle testing (a form of biofeedback)
• Gentle stimulation of meridian points
• Dialogue or visualization related to past stress
• Support for the nervous system’s natural ability to reset
When these stuck emotional patterns are released, children often become calmer, more focused and better able to regulate themselves.
▪️How NET Helps Kids With Behavioral Issues▪️
1. Reduces emotional overload
Kids often don’t have the tools to cope with big feelings. NET helps relieve the emotional “pressure” that fuels tantrums, meltdowns or explosive behavior.
2. Supports nervous system regulation
Many behavioral struggles stem from a child being stuck in fight-or-flight mode. NET helps shift the nervous system out of chronic stress so kids can think, listen and respond better.
3. Improves impulse control and attention
By releasing emotional stress patterns, kids can access the calmer, more organized part of the brain responsible for focus, planning and impulse control.
4. Helps with aggression or defiance
These behaviors often stem from fear, frustration or unmet emotional needs. NET helps uncover and resolve the emotional “trigger,” making space for more cooperation and confidence.
5. Builds emotional awareness
Over time, children become more in tune with their own bodies and feelings, helping them make healthier choices and express themselves more clearly.
▪️How Do You Do NET on Children?▪️
Children typically respond quickly and easily to NET because their nervous systems haven’t built decades of layered stress.
NET sessions with kids are:
• Gentle
• Fun
• Interactive
• Adapted to their age and comfort level
Practitioners often use toys, colors, simple language or storytelling to help them engage in a relaxed way.
▪️How Do You Muscle Test a Child?▪️
Muscle testing with kids is often done in creative, age-appropriate ways:
For toddlers or younger children:
• The child may sit on a parent’s lap.
• The practitioner may muscle test through the parent using a “surrogate testing” approach that’s widely used and very effective.
• The child might hold a toy or simple object while being gently evaluated.
For older children:
• A simple arm-push test can be used, just like with adults.
• The practitioner uses very light pressure—enough to detect the body’s response without causing any discomfort.
• Kids usually think it feels like a fun “balance game.”
▪️What muscle testing does▪️
Muscle testing works like biofeedback—it helps identify when something stresses the body and when it doesn’t. Children’s nervous systems tend to give very clear responses.
▪️NET: A Noninvasive Tool for Happier, Calmer Kids▪️
When emotional stress patterns are released, kids become more balanced, grounded and resilient. Parents often notice improvements in:
• Attention
• Sleep
• Transitions
• Emotional regulation
• Social interactions
• Overall mood
NET doesn’t label a child or force behavior change—it helps the nervous system function better, which naturally leads to better behavior.
▪️If your child struggles with ongoing tantrums, impulsivity, aggression or defiance, NET may be a gentle and effective tool to support their emotional and developmental wellbeing.
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including pets
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Tonawanda, New York
(Inside the Buffalo Holistic Center)
(716)957-9987
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