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Tantrums of terror

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.

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