When a young child falls and hits his head, the hurt has happened. The crying that follows is a part of the healing process. Children experience emotional release through tears and tantrums. Yet, everyone experiences sad and stressful times. Feelings are not good or bad.
Feelings are just feelings.
What is important is to notice them and deal with them. It sometimes requires a major overhaul in our thinking to remember how smart children actually are in knowing how to restore their sense of confidence by crying and tantrumming their tension and stress away. What a wonderful way to support children's emotional development by seeing them through these periods of hard feelings with acceptance and love. All children's feelings are important, yet sadness and anger are rarely met with acceptance. Understanding and accepting tantrums does not mean that parents should give in to demands or alter the limits they have set.