Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Mighty Mommy, Mighty Mommy's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Temper tantrums are never ever fun. Robin parenting Some great points raised. Tantrums in children and adults are frequently a loud and hurtful expression of frustration of the person's own inability to communicate information in an articulate way. This lack of communication may be down to many things such as inexperience (e.g. unable to express a reasoned argument or position) or fear (e.g. inappropriately expressed worries over being unnoticed or unloved) .Keep up the good work, Robin http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/taming-temper-tantrums.aspx?commentid=1477#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/taming-temper-tantrums.aspx?commentid=1477#Comments Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:55:36 GMT DIY Conservatories parenting Temper tantrums are a way of getting attention. http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/taming-temper-tantrums.aspx?commentid=1476#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/taming-temper-tantrums.aspx?commentid=1476#Comments Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:39:51 GMT Brandon parenting It's great to hear you talking about showing children respect and listening to what they have to say. It is difficult for adults (parents or not) to remember that while children do not have the knowledge that adults do, the children can often learn new things more quickly than adults. This probably has something to do with their ability to sense when adults are about to temper tantrum as well. http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/taming-temper-tantrums.aspx?commentid=1475#Comments http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/taming-temper-tantrums.aspx?commentid=1475#Comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:37:38 GMT Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:55:36 GMT http://mightymommy.quickanddirtytips.com/taming-temper-tantrums.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us