Tantrums-How To Manage Them

Tantrums-How to Manage an Emotional Child? Tantrums are a normal developmental phase that every child will go through sometime in their young lives. Every child has a different threshold for dealing with emotions of anger and frustration. Tantrums have... More

Tantrums-How to Manage an Emotional Child? Tantrums are a normal developmental phase that every child will go through sometime in their young lives. Every child has a different threshold for dealing with emotions of anger and frustration. Tantrums have various degrees on intensity, depending on the child, the situation, the various tantrum triggers, and of course how the tantrums are managed by the parents. The number one reason for tantrums is frustration. Young children do not know how to deal with all these new feelings of anger and frustration. They feel what they feel but do not have the emotional maturity to handle these emotions in a calm manner. It is important to understand why your child is having a tantrum, not so much the reason caused by the situation, but more so understand the frustration that they are feeling. Think of a time when you have felt frustrated, maybe someone cut you off in traffic, or maybe dinner burnt and remember those emotions you felt and how you Less