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Temper Tantrums/Ataques de Mal GenioGuide F-112Diana S. Del Campo1

Cooperative Extension Service College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Children between the ages o 1 and 3 oten have tempertantrums. They may cry, shout, hit, bite, throw them-selves on the foor, and kick. Some children may evenhold their breath. You may not know what started thetantrum, but you certainly know you want to stop it!

Some children have tantrums because they havelearned it is a way to get attention or to get somethingelse they want. Others copy parents who have quicktempers. Tantrums probably mean children are over-

come by anger or rustration. They may be overtired,hungry, or very excited.Tantrums can be embarrassing i you are around oth-

ers. Your children may hurt themselves or someone else.You probably eel you need to help your children getcontrol o themselves.

Children need encouragement to become more in-dependent, but they also need guidance and limits. Youcannot let children continue to be out o control ora long time, and you probably dont want them to be.There is no magic way to handle temper tantrums, buthere are some suggestions.

Try to remain calm. Take a deep breath and countto 10. Yelling at or spanking children will onlymake them more upset. Children having tantrumsneed time to calm down. Make sure children seeyou calming yoursel so they will eventually use thesame techniques to calm down.

Keep your children rom harming themselvesor others.

When children have tantrums, separate them romother children or rom the place where they are hav-ing the tantrum. I you cant separate a child, holdher in your arms.

When children calm down rom a tantrum, comortthem and try to nd out what caused the tantrum.

Los nios de uno a tres aos tienen ataques de malgenio. Pueden gritar, llorar, pegar o morder a alguien,patalear o tirarse al piso. Algunas criaturas contienen larespiracin. Quizs Ud. no sepa la causa del ataque, peros debe tratar de pararlo.

Algunos nios tienen ataques de mal genio porque

saben que as consiguen la atencin de los adultos o loque quieren en ese momento. Otros imitan a los padresque tienen poca paciencia. Estos ataques demuestranque las criatura est enojada o rustrada. Tambin puedeestar muy cansada, excitada tener hambre.

Los ataques de mal genio pueden resultar inconveni-entes delante de otras personas. Su hijo puede lastimarseo daar a alguien. Lo mejor es que Ud. trate de ayudar asu hijo a controlarse.

Su hijo necesita que Ud. lo anime a ser ms indepen-diente, pero tambin necesita una gua y lmites. Lospadres no pueden permitir que la criatura se descontroleper mucho tiempo. Aqu damos unas sugerencias paraque Ud. ayude a su hijo.

1Extension Child Development and Family Lie Specialist, Department o Extension Family and Consumer Sciences, New Mexico State University.

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I you give children what they want when they havetantrums (especially when in a public place), theymight learn to use tantrums to get their way.

Oten you can prevent tantrums by controlling thesituations that cause them. Try not to take overtiredor hungry children shopping. Bring along a avoritetoy when you go somewhere that doesnt oer enter-

tainment or playmates or your children. Let yourchildren know you love them, but you are not goingto give in to their tantrums.

Show your children you love them even when theyreangry. Let them know that angry eelings are okay.Also let them know that you will not let them turntheir eelings into actions like kicking and hitting.Staying calm is the best way to help children staycalm.

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Trate de mantener la calma. Los gritos y los casti-gos aumentan su enojo. Lo que su hijo necesita estiempo para calmarse.

Evite que su hijo se lastime o lastime a los dems. Separe a su hijo de otros nios o del lugar donde ha

surido los ataques de mal genio. Si no puede irse,sostenga a su hijo en brazos.

Cuando la criatura se haya calmado, anmelo y tratede descubrir que causel ataque de mal genio. Si Ud. le da lo que quiere cuando su hijo se descon-

trola, la criatura puede aprender a usar estos ataquespara hacer su voluntad.

A menudo, los ataques de mal genio pueden preve-nirse controlando las situaciones que los originan.No lleve a su hijo de compras cuando est cansadoo hambriento. Traiga su juguete avorito o unode sus amiguitos para que su hijo no se aburra enun lugar para adultos. Comunquele a su hijo quelo quiere mucho, pero que usted no ceder a susataques de mal genio.

Demustrele a su hijo que lo quiere, aun cuandoest enojado, y que el enojo puede aceptarse. Perotambin hgale saber que esos sentimientos no pu-eden expresarse con golpes y puntapis. Si Ud. semantiene en calma, eso ayudar a su hijo a calmarsus ataques de mal genio tambin.

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Contents o publications may be reely reproduced or educational purposes. All other rights reserved. For permission to usepublications or other purposes, contact pubs@nmsu.edu or the authors listed on the publication.

Adapted from a publication of the Cooperative Extension Service, University of California, Berkeley.

Diana Del Campo is the ExtensionChild Development and Family LifeSpecialist in the Department of Exten-sion Family and Consumer Sciences at

NMSU. She earned her doctorate at theUniversity of Michigan and her mastersdegree at Virginia Tech. She is the co-author ofTaking Sides: ClashingViews in Childhood and Societyfrom

McGraw-Hill, which is in its 9th edit ion.

ADDITONAL INFORMATION/INFORMACION ADICIONALFamily Development publications

produced by New Mexico State UniversitysCooperative Extension Service are all located at

http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_f/

Guide F-107: Helping Young Children Cope with Anger/

Ayudndole a los nios pequeos a contolar el enojo

Guide F-108: Guiding Young Children/Guiando a los nios

pequeos

Guide F-109: Toilet Training or Toddlers/Su beb aprende ausar el bao

Guide F-110: Helping Children Go to Bed/Cuando los nios

no quieren irse a la cama

Guide F-112: Temper Tantrums/Ataques de mal genio

Guide F-115: Showing Love to Your Child/Demuestre el

cario a su nio

Guide F-116: Listening is Important/Eschucha a

su hijo

Guide F-120: Creating Strong Families

Guide F-122: Understanding Teens

Guide F-213: When the New Baby Arrives/Cuando

llegue el nuevo beb