Your calm in your tool: helping a child through a meltdown
Duration: 0h 0m 57s
Published: October 2026
When your child has a tantrum or meltdown, they’re having a really big feeling, and your calm can help them regulate. Clinical psychologist Dr Bettina Hohnen suggests telling yourself “this is just a feeling, this too will pass”, keeping your words short and validating, and staying with your child, even in public. There will be time to talk later.
