Understanding the Tantrum By: Cynthia Martinez, LMFT We’ve all seen it, the four-year-old having a tantrum at the store and the parent raising their voice, making threats, rolling their eyes, or name calling their child. “He/she knows better and is just a spoiled brat.” I’ve heard phrases like this time and time again by parents. The idea that a child should be able to control their negative emotions and not act out on them. However, research about the brain says otherwise. In simple terms,[...]
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