npr: What's Behind A Temper Tantrum? Scientists Deconstruct The Screams

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What's Behind A Temper Tantrum? Scientists Deconstruct The

Screams

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Anatomy Of A Tantrum

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Children's temper tantrums are widely seen as many things: the cause of

profound helplessness among parents; a source of dread for airline

passengers stuck next to a young family; a nightmare for teachers. But

until recently, they had not been considered a legitimate subject for

science.

Now research suggests that, beneath all the screams and kicking and

shouting, lies a phenomenon that is entirely amenable to scientific

dissection....