Tantrums can be upsetting to a child and embarrassing and for a
parent but be aware that they are a normal part of a child’s
development. Tantrums often stem from frustration and to
understand why your toddler has a meltdown, put yourself in
their place. They have intense desires but have not yet mastered
the verbal skills to communicate their feelings. The key to
taming a tantrum is to not feed into it. Keep your cool and your
child will most likely calm down faster. If you are naturally a
volatile person it will be easy for your child to trigger an
explosion from you, which ultimately will end in a screaming
match with no winners. Different techniques will work for
different children, based on your child’s temperament. Here are
some tips to calm the storm if your toddler is in the middle of
a tantrum. - Keep Calm: Your child is affected by your emotions.
If you are frazzled, frustrated or overwhelmed, you child’s
tantrum is likely to continue unabated. - Ignore: This can be
extremely difficult especially if