Evenings in the Staal household often carried a delicate unpredictability. After a full school day—and as Ethan's medication ...

Tantrums are never pleasant to be around. I was in a store paying for some items, and all of a sudden, a little girl not more than five years old began screaming at the top of her lungs and flailing ...

My daughter Carys was two when she discovered the devastating injustice of gravity. She’d been carefully stacking wooden blocks into a tower. It was higher than any structure she’d built before, but ...

Every child has tantrums, especially when they’re toddlers or very young and learning how to express their feelings. Tantrums are often triggered by frustration, hunger, tiredness, or a feeling of ...