Child’s tantrums
Child’s tantrums
Do you suffer from tantrums from your child constantly? Do you want to know how to deal with tantrums in a child? To continue the article.
Child’s tantrums
What causes tantrums in a child? And how can you control it? And when should a specialist be consulted? Here is the most important information in the following:
Causes of tantrums in a child
A tantrum is only a way for your child to express himself and his frustration caused by the challenges and difficulties he is facing right now, as in the following examples:
Having difficulty completing a task.
Inability to express, as his vocabulary is not yet rich enough to verbally express what he is feeling, to translate his frustration into a fit of anger.
Feeling thirsty, hungry or tired.
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Is the child going through a tantrum on purpose?
Child’s tantrums are not intentional, your child does not plan to embarrass you, as he:
For most 1-3-year-olds, tantrums come as a way to express their feelings.
For older children, tantrums may be a learned behavior from knowing that tantrums lead to a positive outcome.
In any case, submitting to the child’s desire or letting him run out of the calculation for a mistake he made after every tantrum he makes may make your child more tantrums.
Avoiding tantrums in a child: is it possible?
Although there is no approved and guaranteed way that you may avoid embarrassing and messing up your child’s tantrums, you can do many things that may encourage your child to adopt polite behavior at any age, such as:
Follow regular child-rearing behaviors
Regular behaviors are achieved by developing a daily lifestyle that the child memorizes, and this enables him to know what to expect during the day, including bedtimes and naps, so set reasonable limits, and follow them with your child regularly.
Plan things in advance
For example, if you know that you have to stand in line somewhere, put in advance small meals or toys that the child likes to distract him from the boring waiting period, this reduces the child’s tantrums.
Encourage your child to talk
Teach your child to use words to express his or her desires rather than being angry and yelling. Usually, your child can understand how many more words he can say.
If your child is not able to speak clearly or say anything after learning sign language when he wants to say some phrases such as I want, more, drink, pain, tired and tired.
Let the child make the decisions
Empower your child to make the decision, as it is an effective way to reduce the child’s tantrums. Do not make your answer all that he asks for. In order for the young child to feel that he has the ability to control things, you must leave him to make his own decisions and choose what he loves and desires.
You can do this, for example, by using the question method to choose it as follows:
Would you like to wear blue or red pants?
Would you like to eat bananas or strawberries?
Would you like to read a book or build a tower out of LEGO bricks?
Don’t skimp on praise
To reduce tantrums in a child, you should praise him when he does good behavior, for example, give your child your full attention when he is polite, hug and kiss your child, or tell him how much you are proud of him frequently when he follows your advice and instructions.
Stay away from what might make him angry
Avoid situations that may provoke his anger and trigger a tantrum, for example:
If you are in the play store, avoid going through the section of games for those who are older than him, which he often will not be able to understand or deal with at his young age.
If your child gets bored quickly in restaurants, choose ones that are quick in serving customers and won’t make you wait and so on.
How to deal with tantrums in a child if they occur
Usually, the best way to deal with a child’s tantrum is by following one of the following methods:
Ignore and keep calm as if nothing happened.
Distract your child by giving him another toy or changing the location if you are outside.
Leave the room the child is in for only a minute before returning to it.
Hold the child until he or she calms down if your child starts hitting someone.
When your child finally calms down, ask him to calmly and gently next time tell you his desires in words instead of screaming, anger and crying, and promise that you will listen to him.
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What if my child’s behavior becomes severely and dangerously aggressive?
If the child’s tantrums escalate and turn into a more aggressive state, try to control your child and get him out of the situation immediately, by doing the following steps:
Allocate a boring place in which the child sits until he calms down, such as: a chair in a boring corner of the house, and make him sit compulsively for a full minute, and increase the period by a minute for each year of the child’s age, to obtain the optimal period for disciplining him in this way.
If your child starts to fidget and tries to get up, bring him back, and don’t answer anything the child says until the time you have allotted to sit him in that corner has passed.
Do you also need to be able to discern when his time in the corner should end? When you feel that your child has calmed down, reason with him, tell him that his behavior was not polite, and then go back to doing the rest of your tasks as normal.
Here you have to be aware that excessive use of this strategy may make it not work for your child.
When do the child’s tantrums end?
Usually, tantrums lessen by the time the child reaches 3 years old, but you should be aware that it may require specialized intervention if your child:
Tends to hurt others or himself during his tantrums.
Holds his breath or even faints.
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