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Do You Have Adult Tantrums? How To Soothe Yourself And Your Kids—With Dr. Becky

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How to Stop a Ten Year Old From Having a Tantrum

Rat says parents need to act like naive scientists or detectives. What is the feeling that's unmanageable underneath? Why do so many kids have tantrums when a parent has a change in work schedule, when a parent is travelling a lot? It's not because we're bad parents. Our kids feel totally out of control. We all act how we feel. So connecting to your kid, explaining the details will make them more at home with all these feelings inside them. Overtime, it will lead to fewer tantrums,. Not because we're coercing them into different behavior, but because we're changing the core of what would drive behaviour.

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