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==Origin==
[[Unknown]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1714]
==Definition==
*1: a fit of bad [[temper]]
==Description==
A '''tantrum''' (or ''temper tantrum'' or ''tirade'' or ''hissy fit)'' is an [[emotional]] outburst, usually associated with [[children]] or those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by [[stubbornness]], [[crying]], screaming, yelling, shrieking, defiance, [[angry]] ranting, a [[resistance]] to attempts at pacification and, in some cases, [[violence]]. [[Physical]] [[control]] may be lost, the person may be unable to remain still, and even if the "[[goal]]" of the person is met he or she may not be calmed. A tantrum may be [[expressed]] in a tirade: a protracted, [[angry]], or [[violent]] [[speech]].
Tantrums are one of the most common forms of problematic [[behaviour]] in young [[children]], but tend to decrease in [[frequency]] and [[intensity]] as the child grows older. For the toddler, tantrums can indeed be considered as [[normal]] [[phenomena]], with the tantrum's [[energy]] serving as a measure of the [[strength]] of [[character]] its [[Bridle|harnessing]] may [[eventually]] create.
While tantrums may be seen as a predictor of [[future]] [[anti-social behaviour]], in another sense they are simply the result of [[frustration]] leading to a temporary loss of [[control]], and will normally grow fewer and fewer with patient handling as the child develops.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Fraiberg Selma Fraiberg] warned against "too much [[pressure]] or [[forceful]] [[methods]] of [[control]] from the outside" in [[child-rearing]] as liable to provoke tantrums: "if we turn every instance of pants changing, treasure hunting, napping, puddle wading and garbage distribution into a governmental [[crisis]] we can easily bring on fierce defiance, tantrums, and all the fireworks of revolt in the nursery."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantrum]
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Origin==
[[Unknown]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1714]
==Definition==
*1: a fit of bad [[temper]]
==Description==
A '''tantrum''' (or ''temper tantrum'' or ''tirade'' or ''hissy fit)'' is an [[emotional]] outburst, usually associated with [[children]] or those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by [[stubbornness]], [[crying]], screaming, yelling, shrieking, defiance, [[angry]] ranting, a [[resistance]] to attempts at pacification and, in some cases, [[violence]]. [[Physical]] [[control]] may be lost, the person may be unable to remain still, and even if the "[[goal]]" of the person is met he or she may not be calmed. A tantrum may be [[expressed]] in a tirade: a protracted, [[angry]], or [[violent]] [[speech]].
Tantrums are one of the most common forms of problematic [[behaviour]] in young [[children]], but tend to decrease in [[frequency]] and [[intensity]] as the child grows older. For the toddler, tantrums can indeed be considered as [[normal]] [[phenomena]], with the tantrum's [[energy]] serving as a measure of the [[strength]] of [[character]] its [[Bridle|harnessing]] may [[eventually]] create.
While tantrums may be seen as a predictor of [[future]] [[anti-social behaviour]], in another sense they are simply the result of [[frustration]] leading to a temporary loss of [[control]], and will normally grow fewer and fewer with patient handling as the child develops.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Fraiberg Selma Fraiberg] warned against "too much [[pressure]] or [[forceful]] [[methods]] of [[control]] from the outside" in [[child-rearing]] as liable to provoke tantrums: "if we turn every instance of pants changing, treasure hunting, napping, puddle wading and garbage distribution into a governmental [[crisis]] we can easily bring on fierce defiance, tantrums, and all the fireworks of revolt in the nursery."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantrum]
[[Category: Psychology]]
