Useful Science

Temper Tantrums

Episode Summary

This week we're talking about temper tantrums.

Episode Notes

http://www.usefulscience.org/podcast/33

Ian talks about how to deal with kids who don't like their gifts. Cindy talks about the role of maternal behavior in regulating a child's emotions. This is a crossover with the Curious Neuron Podcast (Dr. Cindy Hovington)

Music by Solomon Krause-Imlach.

Show Notes

Kids with higher levels of 'effortful control' (the ability to replace one emotional behavior with another) were better at suppressing negative reactions to unwanted gifts.
Sustained attention development during the toddlerhood to preschool period: Associations with toddlers’ emotion regulation strategies and maternal behaviour