Temper tantra

Temper tantra were associated with restlessness and quarreling with others to the extent of 50 per cent. […] It appears that temper tantra occur most frequently among the younger and middle children, who have older siblings to annoy them and prevent them from attaining their wishes.

No definite influence is shown by ordinal positions; results of the Stanford Binet scale showed that the children were normal intellectually, in all groups, and several traits, as temper tantra, quarrels with others, restlessness, etc., were as common among the low I. Q. group as the high I. Q. group.

Problems Presented by 100 Children / Problems referred / Aggressive behavior / Temper tantra, pugnacity, disobedience, etc.

The child of such parents protests by what are called “early neurotic traits.” These consist of prolonged enuresis, thumb-sucking or fear of the dark, nail biting, frequent nightmares, sleep walking and sleep talking, stammering or twitching, temper tantra, being truant from home or school, and lying and stealing.

The crucial trauma seems to have taken place around the uncontrolled, and seductive stimulations which took place in all phases of libidinal development, which led to a breakdown of ego mastery, and the release of aggression in temper tantra and other destructive ways, some of them self-destructive.

Likewise, Kanner (17) and Low (18) point to the good prognosis of the infants and small children having temper tantra and breath-holding spells.

If the parents and/or significant others are not able to empathize with the child's struggles, intense negativism, spitefulness, temper tantra, and rebelliousness become intensified.

A very tall, well-built man with a strikingly handsome appearance, David was acutely depressed, suffered from migraine headaches, insomnia, nightmares, temper tantra, and free floating anxiety. […] Whenever he did not experience the grandiose, omnipotent feeling that he so frequently received from his mother, his narcissism was punctured, and he coped with this psychological injury by attacking frustrating objects with temper tantra or other forms of derision.

And to Lyn Feeney, for help in preparing the manuscript and for enduring all my temper tantra over that fearsome obstacle course, Microsoft Word.

Knowing where to hide is a skill that takes a lifetime to master and the whole business may, at first sight, seem rather a daunting prospect. However, it is possible to avoid some of the tears, traumas and temper tantra of the early years by learning first where not to hide.