How to handle toddler tantrums calmly

A calm, practical way to handle toddler tantrums using the Pause, Observe, Follow, Respond method, so big emotions become moments of connection.

Tantrums are not bad behavior. They are a small person with big feelings and a brain that is still learning to handle them. When you understand that, everything changes about how you respond. Between roughly one and four years old, children feel emotions far bigger than their ability to manage or explain them. A tantrum is what an overwhe…