Boy toddlers need extra help dealing with negative emotions

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 13:02 in Psychology & Sociology

The way you react to your two-year-old's temper tantrums or clinginess may lead to anxiety, withdrawal and behavior problems down the road, and the effect is more pronounced if the child is a boy who often displays such negative emotions as anger and social fearfulness, reports a new University of Illinois study.

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