How to React Correctly to a Child's Tantrum: Experts Reveal 3 Tricks

02.10.2023 19:21

Children's tantrums frighten many parents, as it is difficult to control them and calm the child down.

However, there are rules that will help neutralize this problem.

What do they consist of?

Determine the reason

As a rule, a child will not throw a tantrum without a good reason. Sometimes children achieve what they want in this way, knowing that you will not refuse.

Sometimes, for children, hysteria becomes the only way to be heard, as parents ignore them and do not take them seriously.

Sometimes hysteria is the cause of being spoiled.

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Don't think about strangers

Experts note that parents often react incorrectly to hysteria only because they fear condemnation from others. For this reason, adults make concessions, which is not very correct.

Therefore, even the presence of witnesses in the person of strangers should not embarrass you. Of course, this is extremely difficult, but it will be enough to "endure" the hysteria just a few times so that it never happens again.

Calmness

In most cases, during a tantrum, parents are willing to do anything to stop it. Therefore, children have no reason to correct their behavior.

On the contrary, they like to receive "bonuses".

If you start to behave calmly and sensibly, then children will eventually stop using hysterics as a means of manipulation.

Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor


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  1. What do they consist of?
  2. Determine the reason
  3. Don't think about strangers
  4. Calmness