How do you deal with toddler tantrums?

terrible two's do you know we as parents allow that. tantrums are embarrassing especially when your in the publics eye. i have a couple of ways on how to deal with this 1) ignore her, as long she has eaten,bath,dry and gotten a little attention from you for awhile. ignore her. act like you don't even see her or the tantrum. i mean don't even look 2) wait until you want something from her, and throw one to throw a tantrum to. when taking care of children you have to get low to get your point across.

My daughter is very famous in our neighborhood due to her tantrums. There isnt a day that she doesn't have them that it just exhausts my parents who is the one baby sitting. Strangely though, she very rarely threw a fit whenever I am around and whenever she does, I just have to be firm in not giving in to her. Though my daughter is only 3 years old, I found that when I start telling her something else like a story immediately distracts her from her tantrums and she stops. It works i think 80% of the time. Lately my sister found a very sick way of making her stop her tantrums. LOL! My sister would tell her that she would threw me, her mommy, to the monster and let them eat me if she won't stop. It haven't failed yet. Ever. LOL! That I can't help using it when everything else fails.

Well w have to put in mind that kids are like this. When my kids do that to me I get mad at them I tell them to stop doing that or mom would get mad..I don't look at them and leave them alone, I don't talk to them or even look at them..if you can still hear their tantrums go get an earphone and turn some music on when they notice you are not taken aback by their tantrums and you're not minding them when they get tired they will eventually stop. They cannot over power us remember we have the highest priority in this and they have to listen to us. You have to make them know whos the boss.I know they are just kids but hurting them physically wont do any good they will just cry more. Kids get scared when mommy leaves them alone and when mommy is not talking to them because they are bad. It's a good way to get her attention. I got mine doing that. :)

Well,I have been through the terrible two's 5 times! One thing I have learned is that children need to have time to blow a little steam just like us adults do. Sometimes I would sit and talk through a tantrum with one of my children. Other times I would just walk away and let the child deal with it on his/her own. Depends on what the siuation is that the child is having a tantrum about. Each one is different. But...always have patience!

Well i dont have any kids of my own yet but i have helped raise my niece and nephew since they were born and they're now 6 and almost 4. but the thing that worked the most for us was punishing them and i dont mean time out or putting them in the corner. that stuff doesn't work at all! but actually whipping them then sending them to bed for a nap or then a time out. but you need the physical redirection first. just dont do it all the time.

n public, you should just tell your child to stop, because it's totally embarrassing when everyone's so quiet, then there's suddenly an outburst from that little small child. At home, a counselor taught us how you can get you, or in your point of view, your child, to do many things. they can get rocks or balls or anything, and hit it against a hard brick wall, and make them say "i'm mad" until they finally say WHY they're mad. or any other method, sort of like that. You should try some of them, it really helps you, AND your child.

Ah yes, the terrible twos! Not so long ago I dealt with that with my second child - now I'm just waiting for my six month old to grow :-) No I'm actually enjoying the baby phase - it's my favorite. Here's how I dealt with tantrum throwing. I was just very consistent in communication and letting my kids know that behavior was not ok. I really talked to them and let them know that I understood they were angry, but it is not ok to throw tantrums and to deal with anger like that. I tried to teach them different ways to express anger such as counting to ten or going someplace by themselves until they cooled off. Whenever they threw tantrums (I also have a 3 & 4 1/2 year old), I would be consistent in also putting them in timeout. The key is consistency. If they acted really out of order they would get favorite toys taken away for periods of time. You will figure out what works with your child - you just have to be consistent in the discipline. Don't give in because kids are so smart and your child will soon learn how to manipulate mommy! I have confidence you will succeed! It's just a phase! So many more to come!

my 2 yr old daughter has MELTDOWNS. she could definitely be the youngest member of an anger-management group. its hard dealing with the tantrums, but its like someone else stated, different situations call for different measures. most of the time, i simply place her in another room and tell her she can stay there until she calms down... she slowly inches her way to the room im in, calming down with each inch. until she is whimpering and i will ask her to come into the room. i then explain to her whatever the situation was and we go from there. that doesnt always work, so sometimes i tell her i cannot understand you when you scream, i will talk to you when you stop screaming. and i ignore the screaming and when she starts bringing it down a notch i will respond a notch till its on a level to communicate with her in an everyday voice. dad really loses this battle of patience with her though. and he will do what he can and take what he can, then he just picks her up really quickly and says "hey" loud and sternly, which gets her attention, sits her down and begins talking with her. she always does the hurtful crying afterward realizing what she did was wrong, and has to apologize to whomever for whatever the reason was. and we move on. but boy oh boy does she have meltdowns. fit or tantrum doesnt even begin to explain it. she is definitely as persistent as she is stubborn. :-) (and i know you are talking about toddler tantrums, but my teen had a tantrum the other day, totally acting like a 2 year old, so i put her in the corner. talk about a wake-up call for her. she didnt think i was serious until i took her by the hand and marched her to the corner myself. the look on her face to be put in the corner like a 2 year old was priceless. but i had told her if you are going to act like a 2 yr old im going to treat you like a 2 yr old. she has since changed her behavior and very quickly i might add.) I look forward to seeing how others handle these terrible two's as well. three's, four's, fives, fifteens......LOL (say cheese....ROFL I will have to try that one. my daughter LOVES the camera and yes has to see each picture you take as well.)

My daughter actually throws more fits at home compared to out in public. If we are in public, I remove her from wherever we're at and give her time to calm down. At home, I tell her that she can sit/lay there and cry by herself, mommy isn't going to listen to it. I tell her just to let me know when she's finished. Then I walk away. If it's a small tantrum, like not wanting to go to bed, I will keep repeating "are you done". She will eventually say yes (in her own language), and then I will explain to her why she has to go to bed.