How to Handle Childhood Tantrums

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🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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How can Josh and his wife put an end to their 4-year-old's bad behavior when she's not getting her way? Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:24.0	Josh welcome to the program hi dr. Laura thanks for taking my call thank you how can I
0:30.8	help well I'm calling I have a four and a half year old daughter and we started her in a Montessori program this year and I definitely
0:42.2	have noticed some behaviors and some behaviors have come up that the school. Okay, what behaviors are
0:51.1	you talking about? I would, she like like, emotionally goes offline, I guess is the best way to describe it.
1:00.2	She's four and a half.
1:02.0	Absolutely.
1:02.9	I agree 100%.
1:04.2	It does kind of come out as violence.
1:10.5	And there,
1:11.6	have you seen this behavior?
1:14.2	Yes.
1:15.7	So describe what you saw, the whole scenario.
1:19.2	So, okay, so she goes a half day.
1:21.9	So I pick her up at noon.
1:23.9	She likes to gather little things from the day.
1:26.1	I don't want to hear any of that i want you to tell me when
1:29.0	you saw her be violent okay uh so pick her up from school she will collected a rock or something
1:36.6	from the playground for me and she can't find it and she the best way to describe she goes offline and
1:43.0	we'll start scratching um hitting, flopping on the ground.
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