temper tantrums

[Anonymous]

What in the world am I supposed to do about a one year old child having a temper tantrum? Justice screams bloody murder, throws himself backwards, sometimes bites, and throw things. The biting I can take care of, but what do I do about the other stuff? Is this just something he is supposed to outgrow or do I intervine in some way? Is this normal? I don’t remember Luke being this bad and he just outgrew his.

[hellbennt]

it’s hard shelby! all I can say is to try and give him the words…so when he’s having a tantrum, just agree with him/tell him how he’s feeling, like:

“you are ANGRY that I moved you away from there!!! so ANGRY!!!” then try and give him something else to do- you can also say: ” I see how ANGRY you are! you are throwing things!!! let’s try to do this instead…”

or if he’s frustrated: “you are FRUSTRATED! you keep trying and trying and you are having such a DIFFICULT TIME! let me help you…”

it sounds weird trying to give him words, but eventually he will have the words & it’ll help him to be able to try & discuss/ “use his words” when he’s upset…

I like this page (there are other pages linked to from this particular page) http://joanneaz_2.tripod.com/positivedisciplineresourcecente r/id23.html

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