When our children throw a tantrum, sometimes we feel like throwing a tantrum ourselves!
While some children are more prone to tantrums than others, most moms need to deal with their kids’ emotional outbursts or uncontrolled anger at some point. In this episode, April and Saren offer some very helpful ideas including:
- Showing love (it IS possible, and very effective, to respond with love when our kids seem the least loveable!)
- Making yourself a “durable object”
- Placing blame where it really belongs (not on yourself, not on your child, usually on the situation)
- Using pre-emptive measures to ward off tantrums (making sure kids are getting enough choices, sleep, food and down time, not trying to pack too much into a day, recognizing when your children near their limit and ending activities or errands at an appropriate time, etc.)
- Helping children learn appropriate ways to express their emotions and helping them identify when they need to use positive strategies to deal with mounting emotions
Show Notes
Are you Parenting the French Way?
From Toilet-Training to Tantrums: Lessons my Toddlers Taught Me About Patience
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* Music from Creations by Michael R. Hicks.
I would love it if you wrote one based on Teenagers Tantrums! And how to not react or react in a constructive way. 🙂