I’m an early childhood teacher who recently got significant control of my blocks. Oddly, when it was bad, I *became* fluent in intense situations. “Johnny! Get off that electric fence!!” “Kevin! Release the other child from your chokehold!” But in lowstakes, I’d had hard blocks on certain names. “(Pauuuuuuse……)Elizabeth, please put the crayon away” I addressed it by disclosing as much as possible and learning to make eye contact before/during a block. The kids will actually understand - if you let them know what’s going on beforehand. Any kid who laughs is publically outing themself as an asshole.