| | | | | chance of toddler tantrum. Be aware of this and try to |
| Toddler tantrums are one of the most difficult things to | | | | avoid situations which may make it worse. For |
| deal with when parenting a toddler. The best way of | | | | example, parenting a toddler needs to take into |
| dealing with them is to avoid them, and to do that you | | | | account the likely consequence of taking your child |
| need to know what causes them. Here are 5 causes | | | | shopping when a meal or nap are due. |
| of toddler tantrums: | | | | |
| | | | | 1. 4. Wanting things they can't have |
| 1. Frustration | | | | Chocolate, toys… Toddler tantrums are often caused |
| You know how frustrating it is when you are trying to | | | | by children wanting things they can't have. Before you |
| get your computer to do something and it won't. Now | | | | say no, think about the request carefully. Is it really |
| imagine you are two years old. What tools have you | | | | unreasonable for your child to have the item? Also, try |
| got to deal with that frustration? Toddlers can't | | | | to keep forbidden items out of sight. That isn't always |
| verbalise their frustration and they haven't learned the | | | | possible when you go out, and if you had total control |
| skills to walk away calmly and come back to | | | | of outside environments then parenting a toddler would |
| something. When you are parenting a toddler you will | | | | be much easier! Outside the home, distraction |
| see your child trying to do something and not having | | | | techniques are invaluable. |
| the skill to cope. This is one of the main causes of | | | | |
| toddler tantrums, and can be avoided to a certain | | | | 1. Attention seeking |
| extent by noticing these things, helping and letting the | | | | This is the most talked about cause of toddler |
| child do it in stages. | | | | tantrums. Young children crave attention and if the only |
| | | | | way they can get it is by having a tantrum, then that is |
| 1. Lack of verbal ability | | | | what they will do, whether the resulting attention is |
| Toddlers understand much more than they can | | | | positive or negative. You can help avoid this when |
| express. When they are not understood or feel unable | | | | parenting a toddler by making sure you give positive |
| to say what they want, this often spills over into | | | | attention to your child at appropriate times, and ignore |
| toddler tantrums. There aren't easy ways to avoid this, | | | | the tantrums. They will then realize that they won't |
| other than trying to understand words your child uses. | | | | achieve anything by having one. |
| Successfully parenting a toddler is often about intuition | | | | |
| and knowing your child. | | | | Most children grow out of toddler tantrums once their |
| | | | | language skills improve, and most toddlers have very |
| 1. Hunger or tiredness | | | | few by the time they are three years old. You will then |
| We all get grumpy when we're tired or hungry, but | | | | realize that parenting a toddler was actually great fun. |
| when a toddler is tired or hungry it can increase the | | | | |