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5 Fast Ways to Subdue Your Child’s Worst Temper Tantrum

Child throwing a tantrum

Toddlers will always throw temper tantrums, but there are steps you can take to keep them under control.

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Tantrums occur when a child’s system of managing her feelings and thoughts collapses. It’s an expression in external action of internal feelings over which the child is seeking control. The best thing you can do as a parent is learn to understand the reason for the tantrums, to face the outburst without losing your composure and to help your child find a better way of displaying her intense emotions.

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