The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Tantrums
What is actually happening in the toddler brain during a meltdown, why the tantrum is not a failure of discipline but a consequence of developmental neurology, and what the neuroscience tells us about how to respond
959-word article with 8 Harvard references.
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The tantrum is the most misunderstood behaviour in early childhood. It looks like defiance. It feels like manipulation. It is neither. The tantrum is the predictable output of a brain in which the emotional accelerator, the limbic system, is fully operational while the regulatory brake, the prefrontal cortex, is still years away from functional maturity. This fully referenced article explores the neuroscience of tantrums, examines why the toddler brain produces emotional storms that the toddler cannot control, and argues that understanding the neurology changes the response from punishment to co-regulation.
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