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how to help an angry child
What Parents Need to Know Anger is normal and healthy.
Learn about: Coping with temper tantrums from Dana Entin, RN, MN, PNP,...
A toddler in a tantrum is coping with new feelings. Your parenting style should help, not punish.
Prevent toddler tantrums by capping "sleep pressure." Restore toddlers' energy with frequent naps.
To ease toddler tantrums when you change activities, count down 5-4-3-2-1 minutes so they can prepare themselves for it.
After a tantrum, hug your toddler and reassure them. Show empathy by acknowledging your toddler's frustration.
Your toddler has to "work through" tantrums. Toddlers have tantrums as they cope with new emotions and stress.
See Janis Keyser, MA's video on How to handle a child who cries a lot...
This mother's parenting style helped her discover a tantrum hack, or shortcut to dealing with a toddler tantrum. During the tantrum, hold your child close and remind... read more
Talk it out during toddler tantrums. Acknowledge toddlers' feelings and help them work through tantrums.
A toddler tantrum can feel as though the world is ending, but stay calm. It helps your toddler with their tantrum.
Toddler tantrums have their benefits. Your parenting style should welcome them -- well, at least a little. Your child's tears in a tantrum release cortisol, the stress... read more
Watch Video: How can empathy be used to help tantrums? by Kathy Gordon, ...
Parents, don't stop toddler tantrums. Just reassure toddlers after a tantrum and help with "big feelings."
Pamela Varady, PsyD Psychologist, shares a funny story from her experience as a mother raising young twins
See Daniel J. Siegel, MD's video on Talking to your child after a tantrum...
Watch Video: Why can't my child listen to reason when he's upset? by Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, ...
Watch Tina Payne Bryson, PhD's video on Upstairs versus downstairs tantrums...
Tina Payne Bryson, PhD Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Author, shares advice for parents on how to best control yourself when your toddler tantrums and you feel... read more
View Marcy Axness, PhD's video on Responding to tantrums...
Watch Alejandro Edda's video on How to handle tantrums...
Watch Maureen Donley, MA, MFT's video on The HALT method for tantrums...
Psychiatrist Dan Siegel, MD, shares advice for parents on how teaching your child how the brain works can help them control their tantrums
See Tina Payne Bryson, PhD's video on Shifting a child's emotional state...
See Denene Millner's video on Grocery shopping with a toddler...
Chris Fulton, PhD, shares advice for parents on how to best handle those high-conflict situations with your children by following three simple steps
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