Temper tantrums can be a challenging aspect of parenting. Witnessing a child in the midst of a meltdown can evoke a range of emotions from frustration to helplessness. However, tantrums are a normal ...

Exhausted, crabby, upset, loud, sore, mad, blubbering. We could be describing a toddler mid-temper tantrum or perhaps an especially unhappy golfer amid a tough day on the course. Either way, both have ...

Toddlers are difficult to console when they are crying and screaming, but one ex-nanny has shared her technique for stopping a tantrum dead in its tracks. Cassie G, who prefers to keep her full name ...

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Moms and dads: Don't worry. Those temper tantrums your toddler is starting to throw are perfectly common – not to mention a developmentally appropriate occurrence for them. Elizabeth Nelson is a staff ...

A temper tantrum is the emotional equivalent of a summer storm – sudden and sometimes fierce. One minute you and your toddler are in a restaurant enjoying your dinner, the next minute they're ...

Meltdowns are as inevitable as sleepless nights, but practicing co-regulation skills can help you get through them.

Tantrums are normal for toddlers, even legendary. Toddlers feel so passionately about everything, and they simply don't have enough frontal cortex capacity yet to control themselves when they're upset ...

Dr. Gene Beresin answers the question: 'How Should Parents Interpret Tantrums?' — -- Question: A 6-year-old throws temper tantrums each night at bedtime (8 p.m.). Her parents, who regularly get ...