Top 10 Considerations When Addressing A Child's Tantrum During Family Pictures

This 7-minute podcast focuses on the Top 10 considerations when addressing a child’s tantrum during family pictures 

(1)   When parents take the short cut and reinforce the child’s refusal beahviors and tantrums with sour patch candy, a snickers bar, a twix, or some kind of gummy, this has the following consequences: 

a.     Reinforces tantrums and other misbehavior.

b.     Teaches a child that candy is the only solution to stress management.

c.      Delays a child’s learning about how to delay gratification.

d.     Delays a child’s learning of key tenets of Emotional intelligence such as self control. 

e.     Sets a precedent that a family is unwilling to communicate with creativity.  This can cause problems for siblings who ideally want to learn creative ways to solve problems.