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The autonomy phase used to be called the "tantrum phase" because at the beginning of the second year of life, small children increasingly separate themselves from their parents, test their influence and their abilities and also develop a will of their own. During this natural development process, they often encounter resistance and also their own limits. In this video, I explain why small children often react in such situations with very strong emotional reactions, such as crying, screaming, stomping or hitting out.