A tantrum (or temper tantrum or tirade or hissy fit) is an emotional outburst, usually associated with children or those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, yelling, shrieking, defiance, angry ranting, a resistance to attempts at pacification and, in some cases, violence. Physical control may be lost, the person may be unable to remain still, and even if the "goal" of the person is met he or she may not be calmed.[1][2][3][4][5] A tantrum may be expressed in a tirade: a protracted, angry, or violent speech.[1][2]

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Toddlers [link]

Tantrums are one of the most common forms of problematic behaviour in young children, but tend to decrease in frequency and intensity as the child grows older. For the toddler, "tantrums are normal...the force of the tantrum is a kind of measure of the strength of character the child can possess eventually, if [s]he's helped to harness that energy."[6]

While tantrums may be seen as a predictor of future anti-social behaviour,[7] in another sense they are simply "a manifestation of a loss of control and frustration ... and so 'with patience and a consistent reaction to tantrums, they'll get fewer and farther between as your child grows'."[8]

Although "when a child is in a tantrum, it is all too apparent that it is wanting something ... what the child is also needing is something very different...."[9]

Selma Fraiberg warned against "too much pressure or forceful methods of control from the outside' in child-rearing: "if we turn every instance of pants changing, treasure hunting, napping, puddle wading and garbage distribution into a governmental crisis we can easily bring on fierce defiance, tantrums, and all the fireworks of revolt in the nursery."[10]

In 2011, research found that toddlers use tantrums to express two emotions, anger and fear, simultaneously or in patterns.[11][12] Such tantrums often have a "pattern and rhythm" to their "vocalizations".[12] Analysis of the patterns can lead to discerning which tantrums are normal and which could be signs of future problems -- "that may be warning signals of an underlying disorder."[12] The study was authored by Michael Potegal, at the University of Minnesota, Pamela G. Whitney at Quinnipiac University, and James A. Green at the University of Connecticut.[12][13] Potegal was quoted by National Public Radio as saying that "The trick in getting a tantrum to end as soon as possible," and when "the child was past being angry, what was left was sadness, and sad children reach out for comfort. The quickest way past the anger ... was to do nothing."[11][12] The researchers were called "brave scientists" for dealing with their research subjects.[11]

Aberrations [link]

Freud considered that the Wolf Man's development of temper tantrums - as he became 'discontented, irritable and violent, took offence on every possible occasion, and then flew into a rage and screamed like a savage'[14] - was connected with his seduction by his sister.

He also considered that subsequently 'the patient's fits of rage and scenes of fury were put to a new purpose...to force punishments and...satisfy his sense of guilt'.[15] Freud added that 'I do not know how often parents and educators, faced with inexplicable naughtiness on the part of a child, might not have occasion to bear this typical state of affairs in mind. A child who behaves in this inexplicable way is making a confession and trying to provoke punishment...setting his sense of guilt at rest'.[16]

Jealousy over the birth of a sibling, and resulting aggression, may also provoke tantrums: 'the efforts to control himself produced temper tantrums "over nothing" dozens of times a day...stormy and negativistic'.[17]

Some people who have neurological disorders such as the combination of autism or mental retardation[18] could be more prone to tantrums than others, although anyone experiencing forebrain damage (temporary or permanent) can suffer from tantrums. Anyone may be prone to tantrums once in a while, regardless of gender or age.

Narcissism [link]

Heinz Kohut contended that 'the infant's core is likely to contain a self-centred, grandiose-exhibitionist part', and that 'tantrums at being frustrated thus represent narcissistic rages'[19] at the blow to the inflated self-image. With 'a child confronted with some refusal...regardless of its justifications, the refusal automatically provokes fury, since it offends his sense of omnipotence'.[20]

In later life [link]

William Makepeace Thackeray claimed that in later life 'you may tell a Tantrum as far as you can see one, by the distressed and dissatisfied expression of its countenance - "Tantrumical", if we may term it so'.[21]

In the celebrity culture of the 21st century, the "Tantrumical" may come to full flower in the form of 'the celebrity tantrum. Many celebrity icons, regardless of their chronological age, are renowned for appearing incredibly immature and throwing temper tantrums whenever they don't get their own way'.[22] Dan Millman 'coined the term Acquired Situational Narcissism to describe the destructive and outrageous behaviour of those who are constantly in the public eye. This late-acquired narcissism...'[23] - tantrum-y.

Examples from media [link]

  • The Town Santa Forgot, an animated television special, is the story is of Jeremy Creek, a boy who knows nothing but greed. He throws temper tantrums any time he sees what he wants, and he wants everything he sees.

See also [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ a b "What is a tantrum?". Babycentre.co.uk. https://www.babycentre.co.uk/toddler/penelopeleach/whatisatantrum/. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  2. ^ a b "Temper Tantrums". Kidshealth.org. https://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/tantrums.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  3. ^ "Tantrums". BabyCenter. https://www.babycenter.com/0_tantrums_11569.bc. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  4. ^ "When a Child Has a Tantrum - The Natural Child Project". Naturalchild.org. https://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/tantrum.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  5. ^ "Make Nice With Mom". Girl World Daily. 2003-04-03. https://www.girlworlddaily.com/feature/make_nice_with_mom/index.html?gclid=CODf47WjpqYCFQZO4QodURHeZg. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  6. ^ Robin Skynner/John Cleese, Families and how to survive them (London 1993) p. 177
  7. ^ Potegal, Michael Ph.D., L.P.; Davidson, Richard J. Ph.D. (June 2003). "Temper Tantrums in Young Children". Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 24 (3): 140–147. 
  8. ^ Roy Benaroch, Solving Health and Behavioral Problems from Birth Through Preschool (2008) p. 157
  9. ^ Patrick Casement, Further Learning from the Patient (London 1990) p. 113-4
  10. ^ Selma H. Fraiberg, The Magic Years (New York 1987) p. 65
  11. ^ a b c Ryan, Erin Gloria (December 5, 2011). "Brave Scientists Record and Study Kids Losing Their Shit". Jezebel. https://jezebel.com/5865274/. Retrieved December 6, 2011. 
  12. ^ a b c d e Vendatum, Shankar (December 5, 2011). "What's Behind A Temper Tantrum? Scientists Deconstruct The Screams". Jezebel. https://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/12/05/143062378/whats-behind-a-temper-tantrum-scientists-deconstruct-the-screams?sc=fb&cc=fp. Retrieved December 6, 2011. 
  13. ^ "Screaming, yelling, whining, and crying: Categorical and intensity differences in vocal expressions of anger and sadness in children's tantrums," Green, James A.; Whitney, Pamela G.; Potegal, Michael. Emotion, Vol 11(5), Oct 2011, 1124-1133. doi:10.1037/a002417. Found at Psycnet website; accessed on December 6, 2011.
  14. ^ Sigmund Freud, Case Histories II (PFL 9) p. 242
  15. ^ Freud, p. 257
  16. ^ Freud, p. 257-8
  17. ^ Fraiberg, p. 152
  18. ^ Dominick KC, Davis NO, Lainhart J, Tager-Flusberg H, Folstein S (2007). "Atypical behaviors in children with autism and children with a history of language impairment". Res Dev Disabil 28 (2): 145–62. DOI:10.1016/j.ridd.2006.02.003. PMID 16581226. 
  19. ^ H. and I. Goldenberg, Family Therapy (2007) p. 172
  20. ^ Edmund Bergler in J. Halliday/P. Fuller eds., The Psychology of Gambling (London 1974) p. 182
  21. ^ William Makepeace Thackeray, The Irish Sketch Book (1848) p. 138
  22. ^ Cooper Lawrence, The Cult of Celebrity (2009) p. 72
  23. ^ Simon Crompton, All about Me (London 2007) p. 176

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Plot

Future Ted explains that Robin's Canadian quirks and mannerisms were strange (slang, impervious to cold, and severe aggression in bar fights), which got her into trouble in the fall of 2009. After a bar fight, she is charged with assault and could be deported unless she gets American citizenship. Barney takes the opportunity to reiterate that Canada is lame and America is awesome. He encourages her to take the citizenship test and teaches her to be obnoxious, arrogant and willfully ignorant—the hallmarks, he says, of a true American. Robin takes on the role perfectly, but on the way back home, she walks past her Canadian bar, the Hoser Hut, and tempted by her heritage, she goes in. After some serious drinking with Canada's national women's curling team, she blacks out and ends up in a Toronto hotel room.

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Nomenclature

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Function

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