Temper Tantrums That Are Extreme - Effective Ways Of Taming the Tantrum
When it comes to temper tantrums, for most of us, the priority is figuring out a way to get it to stop ASAP. There are many ways of avoiding tantrums, but this article will provide a couple of strategies that will help stop a temper tantrum that is already in full effect!
The first step to dealing with a tantrum, right in the middle of it, is to find a way to change the emotional state of your child. A temper tantrum is an extreme emotional response and no amount of words - as sound as they may be - is going to get through to your child. Don't try and reason with them. You need to change that emotional state before logic will even begin to resonate with your child.
A tactic that will work not only with children but also with adults is the changing of your physiological state. What that means is that you need to change your body posture and your breathing. Try smiling or laughing out loud. Even in the middle of your child screaming. Recall a funny thing your child did within the last few years (I am sure there is at least one thing they did that made you laugh!). Let your body mimic your emotions as you recall happy times. Then you will be in the right mental state to deal with your child.
Once your own emotional state is set for the tantrum (it is always better to be calm in the middle of your child's tantrums), it is time to move on to your child's behavior. To change the mood or the emotional state, you need to stop their current line of thinking. Mentally they may be in a loop that is replaying over and over the wrong they feel has been done to them. They are stoking the fire and you need to redirect their mental energies. Interrupt them with questions, games, or something in their environment. Give them a task to do. Give them a sense of responsibility. Get them to do something that changes their physical situation (look up at the clouds, look in the distance and see the color of a sign that is far away, watch a bird that is swooping by). Get them hold their breathe with you (you can breathe through your nose if you want!). Just get their body to change
Once you have interrupted your child's emotional outbreak, you are well on your way to having a much more peaceful time with him or her. It is a good idea to avoid bringing up the cause of the tantrum for a little while, as their emotions are still raw. You just need to keep them focused somewhere else and let them scab over for a bit.
Dealing with toddler extreme temper tantrums is never fun. But there are more strategies and systems than listed above. Try this resource too: Contorlling Temper Tantrums
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