Tantrums Quotes

“It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?”
― Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light

“Tantrums are not bad behavior. Tantrums are an expression of emotion that became too much for the child to bear. No punishment is required. What your child needs is compassion and safe, loving arms to unload in.”
― Rebecca Eanes, The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting

“Not Really," he said then lit a cigarette and handed it to me. I inhaled. Coughed. Wheezed. Gasped for breath. Coughed again. Considered vomiting. Grabbed the swinging bench, head spinning, and threw the cigarette to the ground and stomped on it, convinced my Great Perhaps did not involve cigarettes.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“When you try to extinguish a tantrum by ignoring it, the first response you always get is called an extinction burst. People will do whatever it is you are trying to ignore louder, longer, and more enthusiastically. This might make you believe that ignoring them isn't working, but what it actually means is that it is.”
― Albert J. Bernstein, Emotional Vampires: Dealing With People Who Drain You Dry

“Have you never known a cruel wind? What an easy, balmy, tropical life you must have! I never tease, madam! I coax, I beguile, I stomp, I throw tantrums, and for certain, I freeze — I am the Coldest and Harshest of all the Harsh Airs! I am the shiver of the world! But I do not tease. You can cause ever so much more trouble by taking folk seriously, asking just what they're doing and doing just what they ask.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

“She wanted to stomp her foot, throw a tantrum, throw a punch.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, The Great Escape

“Denial has rented a room in my head and frequently stomps around slamming doors.”
― Sarah Noffke, Awoken

“She grabbed all her clothes from her wardrobe and flung them across the room, screaming her head off until she finally felt sane again. Perhaps tomorrow she would buy those cats. (Holly)”
― Cecelia Ahern, P.S. I Love You

“I tend to throw tantrums a lot. Wear a helmet in my presence.”
― Natalya Vorobyova

“Hugh refused to leave the scene of the action. He seated himself on the top stair in the hall, banged his head against the railing a few times, just by way of uncorking the vials of his wrath, and then subsided into gloomy silence, waiting to declare war if more “first girl babies” were thrust upon a family already surfeited with that unnecessary article.”
― Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Birds' Christmas Carol

“Always let your talent do the talking. Never your tantrums.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“I threw tantrums, I acted stubborn, I was a pain sometimes, but I was still loved. In fact, I was their perfect even in my imperfection.”
― Kudrat Dutta Chaudhary, Laiza- Sometimes the end is only a Beginning

“The effective way to please people is not to people-please but to take the risk of behaving in a real way around them, which might well involve a few tantrums - something that which we should ultimately be reassured by and feel grateful to be on the receiving end of.”
― The School of Life, How Ready Are You For Love?: A path to more fulfilling and joyful relationships

“Mason left the room and then yelled from the hall, “This is bullshit, cowshit, horseshit, and donkeyshit.”
― Madison Parker, Play Me, I'm Yours

“Remember, nothing is ever created or destroyed. Therefore, unresolved emotional pain from childhood does not dissolve by itself. It sits waiting to be declared, and a child is the ultimate vehicle of expression. In order to transform the energy into something positive, the pain must be brought to the surface, examined and embraced as an experience from which to learn and blossom.”
― Jennifer Griffin

“Maybe we swore we would never be harsh with our children the way others were harsh with us. Then, just when they need us most - when they act up and misbehave and call us names and son on - we get angry and punish them, or feel hurt and block them out. We momentarily forget how fragile our little ones are, just as they forget about cooperation or sharing or calming down and following the rules.”
― Lawrence J. Cohen, Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence

“As one of the few Marlowes to have met him before the Rebellion, during a time he was still a spare prince, Sigrid said he was arrogant of his status and prone to tantrums. A personification of the Blood of Diagon – handsome on the outside and ugly on the in-side.”
― Madeline C.C. Harper, The Return of Light

“As one of the few Marlowes to have met him before the Rebellion, during a time he was still a spare prince, Sigrid said he was arrogant of his status and prone to tantrums. A personification of the Blood of Diagon – handsome on the outside and ugly on the inside.”
― Madeline C.C. Harper, The Return of Light

“[Context: Discussing the subject of dealing with difficult & stressful situations, such as dealing with a child's tantrum.]

Q. Is it ok that it this way right now?
A. Yes.
Q. Why is it ok? It's crazy, it's stressful, it's chaotic, it's not what my mind wants at all...
A. It's the experience.
Q. What am I experiencing?
A. Life.
Q. Is it ok to experience life in all of its glory, even the tantrums?
A. Yes.
Q. Is it ok for my mind to have a tantrum while the child is too?
A. Yeah.
Q. Why is it ok for my mind to have a tantrum with the child?
A. Because we're learning together.”
― Jess Lively