According to a new study.
"Green and Potegal found that sad sounds tended to occur throughout tantrums. Superimposed on them were sharp peaks of yelling and screaming: anger.
The trick in getting a tantrum to end as soon as possible, Potegal said, was to get the child past the peaks of anger. Once the child was past being angry, what was left was sadness, and sad children reach out for comfort. The quickest way past the anger, the scientists said, was to do nothing. Of course, that isn't easy for parents or caregivers to do."
Didn't listen to the clip, but I ignore Remi's tantrums and it works beautifully, when he begins having a melt down I tel him,"mommy, does not respond to terrorism". Then I ignore him...he screams bloody murder for about 5 seconds, then he just wants me to hold him. He knows my catch phrase now and sometimes as soon as he hears me say those words that's enough to writer him. Then he just pouts.