Your child's tantrum: tips on how parents should react

Created: 06/22/2022, 22:52

By: Natalie Hull Drawbar

Don't lose your nerve now: a toddler's tantrum usually lasts around four to five minutes.

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Children's tantrums can be very exhausting.

These tips will help to deal with the little ones' outbursts of anger.

Munich – Many parents experience first-hand how exhausting tantrums feel with their offspring from the age of around two and a half years.

From this phase of infancy, the innate need to act autonomously becomes apparent.

The developmental psychologist and elementary school teacher Dr.

Martina Stotz as an important means of developing children's self-confidence.

24vita.de gives tips on how best to react to your child's tantrums.

As a rule, your child's tantrums are completely normal and correspond to a healthy, human development.

It should be important that parents come up with strategies in phases of anger and strong emotions in order to do justice to the child.

If the phases of anger and anger are so pronounced that the child injures itself or others, or if the child has difficulty or not at all learning to regulate and calm itself, parents should consult the pediatrician.

A diagnosis of diseases such as autism or ADHD could possibly make sense.

This article only contains general information on the respective health topic and is therefore not intended for self-diagnosis, treatment or medication.

In no way does it replace a visit to the doctor.

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