Most people with young children, will, at one point or another, have to deal with temper tantrums from their toddler. When the child does it for the first time or they are very young when they start having them, parents can find it amusing as they child will completely over react to some small incidence, such as not being able to do something for themselves, or the parent saying no!

Temper tantrums can be downright frustrating for parents. However, instead of considering them as a catastrophe, parents should try to explore the causes of temper tantrums in their kids and ways to control them.  They can start at any age but commonly start at around’ to two years old, known as the terrible twos. Knowing how to deal with them can help to resolve the issue.

Either way for the parent, the child having a tantrum can be the source of much embarrassment, and knowing how to deal with it in front of other people, possibly in a strange house also adds more stress to the situation.

One of the first things to remind yourself is to not over react to the situation which will just make it worse. If you find yourself getting cross and then starting to shout then take yourself off to another room and calm down before going back and trying to sort the situation.

If the child sees you react to the tantrum, they may repeatedly throw tantrums just to get some attention and therefore a reaction from you as they will think it is funny.

If you can see all the signs of a tantrum on the way, then the best thing to do is to try to distract your child away from whatever is making them cross in the first place. Start singing a nursery song, or asking them to look at something with you.

Bear in mind though, that if they are reacting to you saying ‘no’ to something, do not give in and give them or let them do whatever it was that you have said ‘no’ to. If you let them have their way it is giving them the wrong message by telling them if you say ‘no’ then they play up, they will get their way anyway.

For preschool children, taking time out or getting them to sit in the corner of a quiet room or bottom step of the stairs can be an effective way to resolve the tantrum. Make them sit there for a minute or so, not too long or they will not remember why they have been put there.

Younger toddlers will not understand in the beginning why you are making them take time out so the distraction method works better in that situation. Diffusing it before it starts when they are young should mean it does not develop into a full on tantrum.

It is a good idea to talk to your child about why they had the tantrum, what they could have done instead of doing that, and why you have chosen to make them take time out on their own to reflect on their behaviour. Luckily for most children temper tantrums are just a phase.

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