By practicing effective parenting strategies from very early on. One of the best opportunities for parents and their children to learn effective parenting and anger management strategies is when children get angry or have temper tantrums. If parents can manage their reactions to temper tantrums well, they can manage many other parenting situations. Tantrums are natural, especially in children who are not yet able to use words to express their frustrations. Tantrums typically occur at age 2 to 3 when children are forming a sense of self.
Tantrums are the result of high energy and low ability to use words to get needs or wants met.
Tantrums typically peak between ages 2 and 3, and start to decline by 4. They usually run their course within a year. Most children throw tantrums in a particular place with a particular person. The tantrum usually stops when the child gets his or her wish. There can be many causes of temper tantrums.