Navigating Tantrums: Concrete Tools For Parents w/ Alyssa Campbell

Raising Good Humans

Voicing Change Media

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In today's episode I'm joined by Alyssa Campbell, co-author of 'Tiny Humans, Big Emotions' and author of the upcoming book 'Big Kids, Bigger Feelings to dive into practical strategies for responding to tantrums across various child age groups, from 18 months to school age. We explore how to handle tantrums based on different temperaments and provide developmentally appropriate expectations. Through real-life examples, we discuss sensory systems and the foundational needs that often underlie tantrums. Listen in for simple tips on how to handle tantrums and understand what’s going on for your child. I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! Order your copy of The Five Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans Here: https://bit.ly/3rMLMsL Subscribe to my free newsletter for parenting tips delivered straight to your inbox: draliza.substack.com Follow me on Instagram for more: @raisinggoodhumanspodcast Sponsors: Great Wolf Lodge: Book your stay today at GreatWolf.com and strengthen the pack! Bobbie: Bobbie is offering an additional 10% off on your purchase with the code:humans, visit hibobbie.com K12: Go to K12.com/HUMANS today to find a tuition-free K12- Powered School near you and enroll now Resposibility.org: Visit Asklistenlearn.org/mentalhealth to view the materials today Visit LiveConscious.com today and use code HUMANS at checkout. Olly: Shop at OLLY.com or retailers nationwide. Life's too vivid to see it any other way than vibrant and clear. Get VisionMD now at 1MD.org, use code HUMANS, and start seeing the changes with 15% off your first bottle. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Produced by Dear Media. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:10.3	Welcome to Raising Good Humans.
0:12.5	I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman.
0:14.2	And today we are just talking about concrete responses to tantrums.
0:20.3	Tantrums for 18-month-olds, tantrums for 24-month-olds, tantrums for the
0:25.6	deeper preschoolers, and even what a tantrum looks like in school age. I've enlisted Alisa Campbell,
0:34.1	who is an early childhood educator. She's the co-author of Tiny Human's Big Emotions,
0:40.9	and she is the author of the upcoming book Big Kids' Bigger Feelings. And I think you're going to
0:50.0	find that today's episode gives you exactly the concrete tools to respond to the tantrums and also
0:57.1	the developmentally appropriate expectations to have so that things don't take you by surprise or
1:03.4	make you feel like, wait a second, something is very wrong here. If you enjoy this episode,
1:09.6	don't hesitate to write a little review and give it a five-star
1:14.0	rating. That always helps it get out into the world. And as always, you can reach me on at Raising Good
1:20.0	Humans podcast on Instagram or my free Substack newsletter, Dr. Elisa Pressman.substack.com.
1:29.1	And in Substack, there is a monthly meetup on Zoom where we do live conversations,
1:37.7	Q&As, once a month for my premium subscribers.
1:41.7	That is $4.99 a month.
1:43.5	That's all the business talk for now. And let's
1:45.8	dive into tantrums because that's why you're here. Okay, I'm teeing you up to give us an example of an
1:55.2	18-month-old tantrum and how to respond to said 18 month old. Of course, we can't, there's no one size
2:07.8	fits all. Every temperament of the parent and child is different and all those things. But let's
2:12.6	assume we understand that. Can we start with the really young tantrums and the responses and then we'll move to
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