Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Navigate child mood swings. Learn to spot red flags, triggers, and when to seek help for mood disorders. Get practical strategies.

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Understand labile in mood & emotional lability. Discover causes, symptoms, and effective solutions for rapid mood swings in children. Get help now.

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Discover how to help emotional dysregulation. Learn signs, causes, and proven strategies for adults & kids to gain emotional balance.

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Discover pans diagnosis and treatment for your child's sudden changes. Get hope & support for recovery.

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Raising a neurodivergent child often means hearing more about what’s “wrong” than what’s strong. But at our practice, we see things differently. Whether your child has ADHD, autism, learning differenc

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Estimated reading time: 7 minutesEvery day feels like a battle, your child refuses, argues, and melts down over what seems like nothing. Parents often ask me, “Is ODD real, or is my child just being d

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Temper tantrums are unpleasant, disruptive behaviors or emotional outbursts that children exhibit when frustrated. Children have temper tantrums in response to unmet needs or desires or when they feel a lack of control. Hunger, exhaustion, discomfort, sensory needs, or wanting something they can’t have all trigger tantrums. The behaviors can range from whining and crying to screaming, kicking, hitting, being stubborn, resisting tasks or holding one’s breath. A tantrum can be a way for child to get a reaction or get what they want.

Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge

Temper tantrums are a normal and common part of child development and raising children, and parents often struggle with how to manage them. All the parenting books and parenting classes discuss the “terrible twos” and how to handle toddler tantrums, but as children approach five and six, a kid throwing tantrums may trigger worry. While parents become concerned that they reflect a deeper concern, for most kids they are a part of typical child development. Sometimes, however, they are a sign of a problem that needs to be addressed when they occur with intensity, length, and frequency.