TEMPER TANTRUMS!

- A Tantrum is the expression of the child's frustration with the physical mental or emotional changes of the moment ranges from crying to screaming, kicking, hitting and breath holding.
- A Tantrum is a child's way of showing frustration or anger.
- Begins to occur when child want autonomy.
- Have a hard time expressing when they want.
- Seeing for limits.
- Temper Tantrums are often occurring, in response to unmet needs or desires.
- Tantrums, or more likely to, occurs in younger children or those who cannot express their needs or control their emotions when they are frustrated.
Age:
- commonly occurs during 1 year and extend till 2 to 3 years of age.
- They get worse between 2 and 3 and, then decrease until age 4.
- Don't worry, after age 4 they rarely occur.
- If they are being tired, hungry, or sick can make tantrums worse or more frequent.

Causes:
- seeking attention.
- Physical challenges like tired, hungry or any discomfort.
- Mental changes like difficulty in learning or to do something.
- When they difficult to express their feelings, they get to frustrate, which leads to tantrums.
- Due to emotionally insecure.
- Due to stress.
- Due to environmental influences.
- Due to psychological discomfort etc.

Characteristics:
- Normal part of development.
- Tantrums are equally common in boys and girls.
- Usually occurs between the ages of 15 months to 3 years.
- Should taper off after 3 years.
- Tantrums are based on kid's temperament.
- Lack of control or inhibition.
Types of Tantrums:
- Demanding type tantrum - ignore them.
- Refusal type tantrum - gently move your child.
- Screaming type tantrum - give a time-out.
- Aggressive type tantrum - give a time-out.
- Rage type tantrum - hold your children.
Tips to prevent Temper Tantrums:
- stick to the daily day and night routine.
- Do identify tantrum triggers.
- Encourage your child to talk freely.
- Understand your child's feeling, let them feel free.
- Understand their needs and desires,
- Let them calm down.
- Don't force them to do anything which you want.
- After they came to calm, convince them and teach them to control temperament.
- Let them realize, what is going on.
- Teach your child to deal with frustrations.
- Create a diversion.
- Do analysis of their behavior. And make them come out from that.
- Calms the tantrums.
Behaviors during a Tantrum:
- Run around.
- Scream and hell.
- They bang head.
- Either kick or bite.
- They can hold breath.
- Can hide themselves.
- They can make themselves vomit.
- Pound fist or feet.
What to do during a Tantrum:
- Stay calm.
- Do not give into child.
- Keep the child away from getting hurt or harming others.
- Keep them in a calm space, which tends to calm down.
- Let them calm down, don't disturb them.
- As much as possible, ignore the tantrums.
- If they hold their breath let them, they will breathe naturally, eventually they cannot suffocate themselves, don't be worry about it.
- Don't act wildly, it will worse out the situation and make them more violent.
After the Tantrum:
- Stay calm and loving.
- Wash the child's face and get them a drink of water to allow them to settle down, and cool down or give them snacks, or what they like.
- Remove the cause of tantrum if possible.
- Give them something quiet and easy to do without giving into their initial demand.

Treatment:
- Kids who are in danger of hurting themselves or others during a tantrum should be taken to a quiet, safe place to calm down. This is also applies, to tantrum in public places.
- Preschoolers or older kids are more likely to use tantrums to get their way if they're learned that this behavior works.
- Once they have started school, it's appropriate to send them to their rooms to cool off.
- It's a different situation when tantrums follow a child being refused something.
- Toddlers have fairs simple reasoning skills, so you are not likely to get far with explanation.
- Ignoring the outbursts is one way to handle it. If the tantrum poses to threat to your child or others.
- Do continue your activities, paying no attention to your child, but remaining within sight.
- Don't let your little one alone, though

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