Young kids — namely those between the ages of 1 and 4 — haven’t developed good coping skills yet. They tend to just lose it instead.<br /><br />You can try and anticipate the onset of a meltdown. “If a child is tired, stressed, or hungry, this raises the possibility of having a tantrum,” explains Dr. Rhea Lopa-Ramos, a child psychologist from St. Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City.<br /><br />But at the end of the day, all you can do is take charge of the situation if and when it happens.
