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What’s the difference between a tantrum and a meltdown?

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par Shawna Mastro Campbell, Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology, Bond University
Susan Rowe, Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, Bond University

If you live with young children, there’s a good chance you’ve been on the receiving end of a child yelling, screaming, crying, throwing or hitting things.

But how do parents know what is typical and age-related boundary pushing, what is a tantrum and what is a meltdown?

What’s the difference anyway?

What’s a tantrum?

In general, a tantrum is considered behavioural. The child has…

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