Tantrums of terror
May 01, 2020
3 minutes
Shani Stocker, 50, Worcester
Holding my head in my hands, I wiped away a tear of frustration.
‘Ellis, please calm down,’ I begged.
I’d sent my five-year-old son to the naughty step after he threw a toy at me.
But instead of calming down, he continued screaming for the next hour.
It was August 2013 and I was at my wits’ end.
A few weeks earlier, Ellis had fallen ill with tonsillitis.
Two rounds of
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