What’s the difference between a tantrum and a meltdown?
- Written by Shawna Mastro Campbell, Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology, Bond University

If you live with young children, there’s a good chance you’ve been on the receiving end of a child yelling, screaming, crying, throwing or hitting things.
But how do parents know what is typical and age-related boundary pushing, what is a tantrum and what is a meltdown?
What’s the difference anyway?
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