Lauren Barrett

Have you ever noticed how you feel during your child’s tantrum? Maybe you start having hot flashes or your heart beats really fast. You feel anger boiling inside you.

All those are normal reactions to your child’s tantrum.

But we have two choices from where to go from there….

We can either let our feelings escalate which usually results in our yelling at our kid, getting into power struggles, or labeling our kids with phrases like “Why are you always so bad?”

Or…

We can choose to remain calm during tantrums and curb our stressed out feelings. Easier said than done, right?

Keeping calm during tantrums isn’t always easy, but it is the right choice to make for ourselves and our kids. Here’s why…

Why Do We Want to Remain Calm?

Considering your child isn’t in any danger, focus on yourself first during a tantrum.

Imagine you’re flying in an airplane and you hit some turbulence and the plane starts…

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