Comforting Children

[babydom]

I ignore my handfuls too during a temper tantrum/meltdowns....but they must sit on a spot to calm down, like a timeout. when they are done screaming and having their tantrum than they can get up and join the group to play. I use to let them follow me around crying but it gave me a headache and disturbed everyone, so now they sit on the spot until they have composed themselves however long that is and then they get up to play and I find that works really well. As some kids just need a quiet spot by themselves to allow them to express what they're feeling and to regain their emotions on their own time. They are allowed to feel upset and cry and have a meltdown after all he wanted that truck or wanted to play with the race car, that's world crushing for a 2yr old...lol. So I allow them to feel but on they're own in quiet so it doesn't bother anyone else. When they are done they usually come to me and I give them snuggles. My kids know they never get cuddles if they are screaming their head off because they got in trouble.