Dr. Gene Beresin answers the question: 'How Should Parents Interpret Tantrums?' — -- Question: A 6-year-old throws temper tantrums each night at bedtime (8 p.m.). Her parents, who regularly get ...

A temper tantrum is the emotional equivalent of a summer storm – sudden and sometimes fierce. One minute you and your toddler are in a restaurant enjoying your dinner, the next minute they're ...

Few words strike as much fear into parents’ hearts as the term ‘tantrum’. Just hearing it conjures images of desperate mums and dads, pleading with, or trying to discipline, a small child who has ...

Tantrums are never pleasant to be around. I was in a store paying for some items, and all of a sudden, a little girl not more than five years old began screaming at the top of her lungs and flailing ...

A year or so ago, I noticed a toddler having a meltdown near the library and his father sitting down next to him and saying, "I understand that you are upset right now..." I walked away before hearing ...