It can be really difficult for parents to know how to deal with a child in distress. Emotional outbursts from kids are among parents' biggest challenges; it can be really hard to understand, know what to do and say (or NOT), or prevent it from happening. Likewise. it can be really hard for the child to be ‘in’ the tornado of an emotional outburst, particularly if the adult around them doesn’t know how to handle the situation.
We need to be sensitive to the fact that a tantrum and a meltdown are not the same and therefore need to be dealt ...