Sooner or later tantrums come to every healthy toddler. Parents need help in knowing how to deal with them effectively, but not all ‘effective’ solutions are really healthy in the long run. Toddlers are not merely ‘behaving’ but also learning. When tackling tantrums we need to think about what the toddler is learning about emotional management, rather than merely trying to make our own lives more convenient. Why Toddlers Have Tantrums. It is a common myth that toddlers have tantrums in order to manipulate adults. While there may be the occasional older child ‘taught’ to a tantrum by parents who reward tantrums with sweets or toys, for younger children just…