Do you know! What is Temper Tantrums?

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