Parenting Children - September 19, 2012

Day 36 - Helping our children manage their anger - Toddler tantrums

• normal toddler behavior between twenty months and four years old
• you are not a bad parent
• remember HALT
• think ahead - distractions, choices, routines

When faced with full-blown tantrum

• assume impassive face and body language
• if in public, stay close or hold with firm hug till anger subsides
• once over don't show too much relief

Question:
For you, what will be hardest about reacting to a tantrum in this way? Why?

From Series: "Parenting Children Ages 0-10"

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  • drip-feed information
  • answer their questions
  • use opportunities for conversations.
    • e.q: magazine articles, TV programs, films, etc.
  • talk about right and wrong touch
  • give them a helpful book to read before they reach puberty and offer to discuss it with them

How can you try to pass on your values about sex to your child(ren) as they grow up?

 

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