Oh dearie me, that does sound rather spectacular. Don't they have different sayings for the different years. Terrible two's, Terrible three's, Fucking Terrible four's?
I sometimes feel bad for kids, they have all this energy and emotion and sometimes they just don't know what to do with it. Sounds like the teenage years are going to be uhhmmm feisty. I take it that ice cream was postponed on that shopping trip. Hope the little guy was able to calm down some, often they go from raging mad like that to tearful, I hope you both managed to find some middle ground.
That is exactly what I will go for although he is nearly five. My god man, the temper is huge and I thought that people jested when they said that redheads had a temper on them.
The emotions they have are so very big. We did end up going for ice cream but only after a good hour of him shuddering and sobbing with the aftermath of being a nutjob. Its a tough life being a kid!
🤣 Redheads can be hotheads for sure. Shame, from what I read in the other comments it sounds like he was acting out some influences outside of his age bracket, they pick up these things like sponges especially from videos.
It must be hard when you're so little and I mean even as adults we sometimes get overwhelmed by emotions, so expecting toddlers to hold it together 24/7 is a big ask. Shame, I thought that the anger would lead to a crying meltdown, that's the come down I guess but it is good to let him work his way through it. I read an article once about a kid who lost the plot because they had lost their favourite toy. In his mind it was the end of the world and he went through all of the emotions. The mom explained it as going through the dark night of the soul but for a kid, where they literally experience a huge grieving session all in the space of a few hours because they are processing everything at once and it all comes out because they haven't learned any coping mechanisms yet. These times are the opportunities as parents to teach kids resilience and how to navigate through that dark tunnel so that they can get to the other side. The good thing is that kids tend to be very forgiving of others and themselves so once they get through it, they tend to move on quite quickly.
The poor little tike though, I am sure that the ice-cream after all of that probably was the best thing to soothe his soul and heart. Well done Meesterboom, he'll grow up to be a fine lad.