Dealing with kid’s Tantrum is truly one of the most challenging part in parenting. Every child has its own behavior and moods that shifts depending on certain situations. Tantrum is an emotional outburst usually associated with children that can be identified by stubbornness, yelling, screaming, shrieking and angry ranting. A child with tantrum maybe difficult to handle at times because they usually express angry and violent speech that cannot be controlled immediately.
Tantrums are normal to toddlers because they are in the period of too many emotional, physical and social adjustment especially in interacting with people. It is a normal part of a child’s development As they grow it decreases; they go along with these adjustments and harness their social interaction.
What is the best way to deal with children’s tantrum?
In a research and study by a group of scientist last 2011, it suggests that two emotions, anger and sadness, have different behavioral manifestations and different time courses within tantrums. The best way to deal with children’s temper tantrum was to get the child past the peaks of anger and the quickest way past the anger was to do nothing. Once the child was past being angry, what was left was sadness, and sad children reach out for comfort. The scientist have found it as an effective solution to end the temper tantrum.(source: http://www.npr.org and http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/emo/11/5/)
It will help parents how to intervene and give them a sense of control in situations of children’s tantrum.
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