Psychologist shares three tips on how to handle tantrums

It can be difficult to navigate and diffuse tantrums.

Luckily Psychologist Jazmine McCoy has come up with a few tips and tricks that can be used when your child's temper starts to flare - and they're easy to implement.

Sharing the advice on her Instagram account she wrote: "I know tantrums are triggering. But can we please stop doing these things? Here are three things that parents need to stop doing, especially when their children throw tantrums."

Sending the kids to their room:

"We should be careful to never make the children go to their room just because we are triggered by their tantrums. When the children are made to deal with their feelings alone, they may feel that their emotions are too much for their parents," she explains.

"They are also made to feel that their parents cannot handle them, and this makes their feelings invalidated."

Taking it personally

"No matter what, we should not take their feelings to heart and make ourselves feel bad. Instead, we must try to find the deep-rooted cause of the child throwing tantrums frequently and work with them closely in addressing it in a healthy way.

"Sometimes the child may feel frustrated or upset with the boundaries that parents have created but it is a part of their growth and understanding."

Preventing tantrums

"We should not walk on eggshells and prevent tantrums by providing them with what they want at all times," Jazmine wrote.

"This will make them feel that adults will do whatever they want if they throw tantrums. Instead, we should teach them to address their feelings.

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