Teach them how to control tempers

Childhood failure to control temper will lead to yelling and violence, resulting in the loss of friends. Uncontrolled anger as an adult leads to physical abuse, the dissolution of marriages and loss of jobs. Anger control is learned gradually, but you’ve got to start teaching it early. Starting in toddlerhood, I didn’t reinforce tantrums with my attention. That came when the tantrum ended.

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