What do you do when your usually sweet son suddenly throws himself on the floor at Grandma’s house and begins flailing his arms and legs around? How about when your daughter screams every time she doesn’t get candy at the grocery store? Or when she refuses to stay in her car seat after picking her brother up at school?
Temper tantrums can be difficult for parents to learn to deal with and can bring on feelings of frustration, anger, embarrassment, and failure. They can cause parents to become unhinged, resulting in even more yelling and screaming. That’s why it is important to remember that tantrums are a normal part of most children’s development; they are not caused by bad parenting, or by any other failure on your part.
There are, however, things you can do to reduce the likelihood of tantrums occurring – and to ease their intensity or shorten their duration when they do occur.
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