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Tantrum of the Week
Welcome to Tantrum of the Week, the parenting podcast that helps you make sense of your child’s hardest moments. Hosted by Lynn McLean, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™, each episode explores one real-life tantrum and uncovers the emotional needs, triggers, and stressors underneath.
You’ll learn how to:
- Understand the why behind your child’s behavior
- Respond with calm and confidence — not frustration
- Build emotional regulation skills through connection
- Use play therapy-informed parenting strategies that actually work
Whether you’re dealing with bedtime battles, sibling fights, or after-school meltdowns, Tantrum of the Week offers practical tips, expert insight, and a reminder that you’re not alone.
🎧 New episodes weekly.
📍 Based in Houston, Texas — helpful for parents everywhere.
Tantrum of the Week
Latest Episodes
Top 10 Tips for Setting Your School Year Up for Success
Top 10 Tips to Survive the School Year (Without All the Tantrums)The excitement of new backpacks and first-day photos has worn off, and now it's week three: homework is piling up, shoes are missing, and everyone's exhausted. In th...
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When A Teen Refuses School
This week's tantrum doesn't look like a tantrum at all — it's a high schooler flatly refusing to go to school. As the first day approaches, junior-year pressures (college talk, testing, shifting friendships) are piling up, and instead of meltin...
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The Middle School Morning Meltdown
It's the first day of middle school, and the shirt your kid loved last week is suddenly "unwearable." Cue slammed drawers, tears, and a full refusal to go. In this episode, we unpack why tantrums from bigger kids can feel so much more intense a...
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