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From: essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: temper tantrums
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Date: Tue, 29-May-84 09:42:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 29 09:42:28 1984
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Unfortunately, there isn't much that can be done about temper
tantrums in young children (<3).  If the tantrum is over
something the kid wants to do that the parent thinks is
inappropriate (such as crayoning on the wall), the best thing
to do is to let it run its course.  Tantrums over frustration
over inability to communicate are more difficult to deal with,
as the more upset the kid is, the more inarticulate he/she gets.
You have to know what works with your own kid.

When they get older, you can send them to their room until they
calm down (older kids seldom have tantrums because they can't
make themselves understood).
-- 
				Ed Sachs
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				Naperville, IL
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