What's Behind My Toddler's Tantrums?

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🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Is Karen's plan to go back to work the reason for her daughter's recent outbursts? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.2	Karen, welcome to the program. Hi, thank you. You're welcome. What can I do for you?
0:19.3	I have a, first of all, thank you for taking my call.
0:23.6	And I have a three-year-old daughter who I'm having some challenging behavior.
0:30.6	And it's the temper tantrums, but that have turned into all-out rage and she can get physical with her siblings.
0:41.1	And I guess my biggest fear is I'm going back to work full-time and she's entering daycare
0:45.8	in August. And I don't know if I should seek early intervention to see if there's an underlying
0:53.8	cause there or is this just a phase
0:56.0	and I'm overreacting?
1:01.2	Both.
1:03.7	Okay.
1:05.8	Okay.
1:06.3	And how many other kids do you have?
1:10.4	I have two older children.
1:13.2	She's the youngest.
1:14.0	I have a seven-year-old and a five-year-old.
1:17.5	Mm-hmm.
1:19.8	And so for three years, you've been home with her?
1:24.1	Yes.
1:26.9	And what's changed?
1:29.7	For three years, she's been reactive like this?
1:34.0	Not at all.
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