I managed to catch up with an old friend who is a Montessori trainer who is now back in Ireland. I was chatting with her and having exchanges about DS going thru the terrible twos and now in terrifying three stage. We of course touch on the topic of throwing tantrums leading to hysterical fits and she shared something interesting with me, here I liked to share.

Sometimes when a child doesn't calm down when in tantrums despite you trying all ways and means. It's not because he doesn't want to, but because he can't. This group of children is known as an intense or spirited child.  When less spirited child cry or get upset, their bodies produce the hormone serotonin (Nature's Prozac), which helps calm them down.  This doesn't happens with intense/spirited children.