Recently, I noticed that Gavin’s t-shirts are getting shorter. What used to be worn like a dress has turned into something akin to a crop top. His shoes have also been getting smaller. His toes are now threatening to spill out of his former Ronald McDonald-like shoes. How did my son grow so much without [...]

Continuing on from my last post on Dealing with Toddler Temper Tantrums Part 2… Controlling the Situation and Environment In the first part of “Dealing with Toddler Temper Tantrums” I mentioned the importance of understanding your child and being able to see the situation from his perspective.  Not only does this help you assess the [...]

This is part two on the article of “Dealing with Toddler Temper Tantrums.” Please click the link to read the first part. Tactics for Managing Tantrums Communication That fact that temper tantrums begin to decrease as children develop the language skills suggests that part of the cause is due to the inability to express their [...]

Quite a while back, I wrote about a post about the terrible twos, the wonder weeks and temper tantrums and that I would follow up with another post on what I’ve learned about dealing with these difficult situations.  My apologies for the long delay with the follow up post, but here it is better late [...]