Temper Tantrums |
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Although many small children have temper tantrums, children with attachment issues may demonstrate tantrums that are over-the-top in frequency, duration, and/or intensity. Frequency: the child may have temper tantrums over and over again throughout the day. Small things may send the child into a full-blown rage. Duration: the tantrums may last for a long period of time. Perhaps an hour or more. Intensity: the child may rage over something very small. The tantrum may also escalate into the physical: tantruming until the child passes out, beating his head against the floor, lashing out against his parent with fists. My son is healing from an anxious attachment. When his anxiety escalated he would throw a series of tantrums or fall into a rage. The tantrums were one indication that he was not feeling safe. He would try to control things around him in an effort to make himself feel safe, but as we learned in therapy, a child who is in control is not safe. |
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