{"id":4492,"date":"2017-05-01T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-52-14-78-51.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com\/?post_type=first-things&#038;p=4492"},"modified":"2022-03-02T20:33:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:33:18","slug":"preventing-toddler-tantrums","status":"publish","type":"first-things","link":"https:\/\/www.firstthingsfirst.org\/es\/first-things\/preventing-toddler-tantrums\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing toddler tantrums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We&#8217;ve all seen it. A toddler in the middle of the cereal aisle at the grocery store. On the floor, screaming that they want a certain cereal and a parent trying their best to calm them down. If you&#8217;re a parent, you&#8217;ve probably been there. \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Young kids\u00a0can get overwhelmed. Research shows that a toddler tantrum is a normal response to anger and frustration. The part of a toddler&#8217;s\u00a0brain that regulates emotion is still developing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Those public meltdowns may seem unavoidable. And sometimes they are. But there are things you can do\u00a0to limit the chances of a tantrum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BHXaUQB8wmY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One approach is to give your toddler clear choices. For example, go back to the cereal aisle. You probably have some preapproved options in your head, the\u00a0cereals that\u00a0you&#8217;re willing to purchase. Present your options right away. &#8220;Corn flakes or Cheerios?&#8221; Show your toddler the two boxes and have them choose. This way they feel a part of the decision-making process, but aren&#8217;t overwhelmed. And you&#8217;ve limited the choices to two or three options that you approve of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This approach can apply to many potentially-frustrating situations. &#8220;Do you want to color or do a puzzle?&#8221; &#8220;Do you want to wear the blue or the red shirt?&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">By calmly offering choices that you control, you&#8217;re empowering your toddler while avoiding the power struggle and hopefully a\u00a0tantrum.\u00a0It&#8217;s part of setting limits, which\u00a0young kids need to develop self-control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It won&#8217;t always work, of course. But keeping calm and being\u00a0consistent in your approach should, over time, help make tantrums less likely.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Ofelia Gonzalez is public information officer at First Things First.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bA tantrum is a normal response to anger and frustration, but there are things you can do to help your toddler feel more in control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4493,"template":"","tags":[23,38,73],"class_list":["post-4492","first-things","type-first-things","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-child-development","tag-toddlers","tag-social-emotional-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Preventing toddler tantrums - First Things First<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthingsfirst.org\/es\/first-things\/preventing-toddler-tantrums\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preventing toddler tantrums\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u200bA tantrum is a normal response to anger and frustration, but there are things you can do to help your toddler feel more in control.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.firstthingsfirst.org\/es\/first-things\/preventing-toddler-tantrums\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"First Things First\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AZFirstThingsFirst\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-02T20:33:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.firstthingsfirst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/toddler-tantrum.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"393\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AZFTF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstthingsfirst.org\/es\/first-things\/preventing-toddler-tantrums\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.firstthingsfirst.org\/es\/first-things\/preventing-toddler-tantrums\/\",\"name\":\"Preventing toddler tantrums - 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