Family & Relationships

Most of the children exhibit tantrums between two to four years of age. So it is crucial for the parents to know how to manage such behaviors of the child.

-Be soft and gentle: If your child gets indulged in an unacceptable behavior, do not lose your temper. Deal with him calmly and with patience, but firmly.

Dealing with the child in appropriate ways will prevent children from exhibiting tantrums. We all have heard the saying- “Prevention is better than cure.”
Here are some suggestions that will help you to avoid unacceptable behavior of your child:

Be consistent- The behaviors that are unacceptable should be so at any situation. There are some parents who say ‘no’ to certain behaviors at a particular time and change them according to their mood. This makes children confused regarding how to behave in a given situation.

 “Man is born free; but is everywhere in chains!” said Jean Jacques Rousseau. My dad would often add, “Particularly true after marriage”, (what with my mom shopping endlessly for chains and bangles, leave alone sarees!) Even the other day, I noticed a wall hanging in my friend’s house. It read “I am the boss of the house AND, I have my wife’s permission to say so”. Jokes apart, from time immemorial, man being stronger subjugated the female by physical might. When might was right where are the rights?? Precisely why, women earned the tag the “weaker sex”.