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20 months old child and tantrums (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I am looking for information and anecdotes about children that are about 20 months old and their tendency to throw tantrums.

My nephew has started to become belligerent when it comes to throwing tantrums. For example, he gets a hold of something that we would not like him to hold, then refuse to give it back. Usually we would try to distract him with some other attractive object and sneak the former object while he is not looking. If we even try to gently wrest the object from his grasp, he starts crying really badly. Like really badly. It is a bit terrifying.

Part of me thinks that this behaviour is learnt. He must have noticed this strategy working for him in the past so he has begun to do it more.

On the other hand, children do be throwing tantrums. I also don't want to baselessly entertain the notion of stricter parenting. As a cold, heartless individual I try to be skeptical of approaches like this to counterbalance my biases.

Thoughts and experiences?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

year-and-a-half year old tiny comrade doing the same thing now. no, don't put that coin in your mouth - yoink - and the reaction is outrage crying so intense that sound doesn't even come out for the first thirty seconds or so, like it is the worst thing that has ever happened to zer.

which to be fair might actually be true, it's not like ze has a deep bench of experiences to compare to.

I think it's a normal thing.