One of the things that terrify most parents is their toddler throwing a tantrum. For me, tantrums are the moment when I want to dig a hole in the road, bury myself and breathe through a straw until this emotional explosion is over. As worrying as these conditions might seem, they are a perfectly normal part of our children’s development. Meltdowns uncover before us the whole emotional universe of our wee ones and their inability to express their feelings because they still do not know how. When my wee one was about two years old, she began throwing tantrums during which she was stretching like a yoga pro on the…