You will learn how to handle and prevent tantrums in toddlers (and even some adults!)
The principles inherent in this recording do apply across all ages, from the terrible two year olds to “testy” teenagers and even to road rage adults.
So why do young children tantrum so much?
It’s because it’s part of their knee-jerk reaction to the frustration of not getting what they want, when they want and because it generally makes them feel better to release and work off their frustrations by having a tantrum.
A young child doesn’t have the ability to rationalise and reason like a mature young person or adult, so they go into a tantrum as stress release.
(When you think about it, this stress release mechanism probably starts with the birth cry).
Yes, but what do toddlers NEED you might ask!
They need to be kept safe from themselves and from their environment, whilst they have freedom to explore the world. The best form of protection for them comes from having rules and guidelines which parents impose on them, but of course- the toddlers fight these rules all the way.
Here’s some hot questions that parents typically ask when I do a workshop on "How To Cope With Fighting Families".
When you’re tired as a parent, how do you control your own anger, especially when you feel that you’re nearly being pushed over the edge!
Somebody else asks, “To what extent can you ignore undesirable behaviour!”
And here’s an optimist - they ask, “My three year old daughter won’t say sorry straight away to people when she has done something wrong. What can I do!”
Expecting a three year old to say sorry! That’s a bit of a unrealistic expectation wouldn’t you agree?
What about this question:
“When your three year old is in the midst of a tantrum, what’s the best thing to do!”
And, “My three year old is a head-banger, she’s being doing this method of tantrum since she was eleven months. She has a permanent bruise on her forehead. ”
And here’s one about Time Out.
“ When using time out, how do you cope when your child tries to kick the door down?”
And here is a classic:
“How do you get a three year old who has been crying and whining in his bedroom for 3 hours to STOP and tell you what’s wrong?
By the time he will talk to me he’s forgotten what he did wrong and what he was upset about in the first place?”
One desperate parent said:
“I’ve got sensitive ears and my three and a half -year old son hits his bowl with his spoon and it makes me want to scream with the tension. What can I do?”
In this recording you’ll hear about strategies which give solutions to all those dilemmas above such as;
The five C’s,
The three D’s,
The “Good Kid” game and
The “Being Ready Routine”
The Good Kid Game empowers parents with safety-net procedures for tantrums which produce least fuss and least upset.
