Our daughter is 38 months old (chronolog

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Our daughter is 38 months old (chronological age 3 years 2 months, born at 40 weeks).
Generally she is cheerful, articulate, and playful. However, every evening when it's time to turn off the TV (after watching 30-40 minutes of Bluey or Daniel Tiger) and come to the dining table for dinner, she has full-blown screaming meltdowns:
- Screaming "NO!", throwing herself onto the rug, kicking, and hitting when we press power on the remote.
- If we give verbal 5-minute warnings, she ignores them or screams louder.
- Dinners start in high tension and parental frustration almost every night.

Could you provide child-growth guidance on:
1. Clarifying her chronological age basis and explaining how this reflects normal prefrontal cortex developmental limits in shifting attention away from high-dopamine stimuli.
2. Concrete transition scaffolding techniques (e.g. tactile visual timer like Time Timer, "the child pushes the off button", or a sensory bridge like walking like a penguin to the table).
3. Co-regulation scripts when a tantrum does erupt (holding boundaries firmly without anger, shame, or giving in).
4. End with exactly one focused clarifying question about her daily routine or transition triggers.