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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  • traditions create a family identity
  • help our children feel they belong
  • positive traditions reinforce our values
  • our children will be more secure and better able to resist peer pressure when necessary
  • daily routines
  • weekly traditions
  • family night
  • weekends
  • church
  • annual traditions
  • family vacations
  • birthdays
  • Christmas and other holidays
  • marking the seasons

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