Tantrums

[forgotten]

How do you cope with a child's tantrum? I understand why they do it, but how do you deal with it? Should I talk with him immediately or wait? How long?

 

[the saint]

A tantrum is a way for the child to get attention, especially when he wants something. You can ignore his tantrum, just get valuable things out of his reach.

 

[Richard]

I used to just let them do it and get it out of their system, then leave them for a bit to cool off when they were done. Often, they'd come to me more calmly later to ask for something they wanted/needed, and if they didn't, I'd calmly approach them with a totally different topic than whatever started the tantrum, and it let them know that we were ok now.

 

[jason]

We tell our daughter to go to her room and throw her tantrum in there. Thankfully she listens.