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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You can speak for your kids, and possibly those of your very closest friends or siblings, if you're around the kids many hours a week. But beyond that, you really can't say. My dc is very charming much of the time, but tantrums persist--at home, in private. [/quote]

We can only comment on what's normal behavior for our own children?  What if OP's child was 15?  Can we comment on whether it's normal for a 15 yo to have tantrums, or only on whether it's normal for our OWN 15 yo?  "Normal" is a range, but there are still parameters of what constitutes normal behavior.

OP, my 7-yo does not have tantrums.  I can't recall the last one but it has been years.  My older kids also stopped before age 7.  [/quote]

I'm the pp you quoted. I was objecting to the statement, "My kids stopped tantrumming in their early toddler years, as did the kids of my friends, my siblings, my kids' classmates, etc." My response was, "You can speak for your kids, and possibly those of your very closest friends or siblings, if you're around the kids many hours a week. But beyond that, you really can't say." Perhaps what I should have said was, "You can speak to whether or not your kids routinely have tantrums, and possibly whether those of your very closest friends or siblings have tantrums. But beyond that, you really don't know whether kids are having tantrums at home or not."

Lots of things are not acceptable--such as elementary schoolers having tantrums--so their parents are not going to advertise the fact. Is it normal? I guess that's what OP was trying to find out by asking about parents' personal experiences with their kids. [/quote]

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