He would just release it, often screaming, for five or 10 minutes and then he calmed down. Christina, a mom of 1, says “When my son was having temper tantrums, I would leave him alone and just keep an eye on him. Otherwise, any reaction - comfort OR correction - may only reinforce the kicking and screaming behavior and cause it to continue. Do not respond verbally to any of her attempts to get a reaction out of you. Act disinterested in what your child is doing, other than ensuring her safety. Try to keep a neutral facial expression and calm demeanor when your child throws a fit. While every child is different, following the steps below will help you appropriately manage toddler meltdowns as they run their course in a healthy way. Sometimes, children are rebelling – they don’t want to do something that’s being asked of them or they’re somewhere that they don’t want to be (like putting shoes on or being strapped into a high chair). In other cases, she wants a certain item like a cookie or a toy she sees in the store. Sometimes it’s a situational cause, like your child is hungry, over-tired, or out of their normal routine. For this reason, it’s important to determine what sort of feelings and emotions are driving your child’s tantrums. Research tells us a toddler’s brain is often driven by instinctive urges and unregulated emotions because the brain’s ability to contemplate logically has not yet developed. Here’s the good news: typical tantrums will last an average of 3 minutes and then usually blow over naturally if correctly handled by adults. While temper tantrums create some of the most trying moments for parents, we have solid research that helps us better understand the nature of tantrums and helps parents handle tantrums better. I’m talking about the dreaded temper tantrums, which so often go hand-in-hand with toddlerdom. Anyone with a child over the age of five will surely sympathize with the parent wrangling a little person out of a restaurant who is shrieking, kicking and screaming. We’ve all seen a toddler meltdown happen – in the checkout line, at the dinner table or in the toy aisle. There’s a reason for the phrase the terrible twos.
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