How do you deal with your toddler's temper tantrums?

The best thing to do during tantrums is to ignore them. After awhile, kids pick up on how you react to them and they realize that they are getting what they want if mom and dad give in to get them to shut up. Sometimes they just throw tantrums to get attention. The best thing to do is really to ignore them. Make sure they're in a safe place so they can't get hurt if they are flailing on the ground and just let them cry. However, you must keep reinforcing the behavior you want them to do such as going to bed or whatever is it. If they're crying or not, keep pushing them to do it through the tears and the screaming. I know it's hard, I know it's annoying and I know all you want is peace and quiet but the tantrums will break if the kids realize you're not going to give in. It just takes patience.

Being a step parent isn't easy. Spankings are not for everyone I won't lie we spank but not all the time its when nothing else has worked. Tots know how to manipulate and test boundaries if you two can't agree especially in the child/rens presence. If you are allowing him to be the father figure then let him be dad when its time to discipline too or you undermine his authority. Our oldest is not my biological child although I have raised him as my own since he was in pampers. We've never lied to him about it. We have agreed 1st we try talking time outs etc when and only when none of it works then they get spanked. Spankings only on the bottom using just a hand not hard enough to cause a bruise or injure them. No more than 3 open hand spanks. Its a personal choice and very hard and you must be able to trust. If you let them they will run your home and run over you. Good luck

my son is 2 year old and somethimes i cry when he not listens to me.but thats the way it is.kids toddlers throw tantrums very ofen and i feel we have to handle it carefully.i usually distract him and tell him to do different kind of thing that is of his interest.sometimes it works and sometimes i have to bribe him to understand my point.one thing u must understand that the patience is very important for the mother in this case. when toddler behaves like this then no one comes forward to handle it from family and will say a thing or two to u for not handling the matter peacefully.patience and love is the only solution for this.

hi there kelleynichole, My son is 2 years one month. He throws tantrum occasionally. I dont spank him though. I believe in what goes around comes around. What I usually do is I'd calm myself down before I approach him. I dont raise my voice nor I spank him. I'd just keep quiet and when he is done, he'll come to me to tell me what he wants. I use the ignore method. Initially it does make him shout louder, but after sometime, he realise that by shouting, he gets nothing. So now, when he shouts, I keep quiet. He'll keep quiet and we'll hug. :)

My girl is almost 2 years old now. She will behaved very cranky and throw tantrum too when she is teething. Other than that, she is just like any other kids that showing temper when things do not worked on her way. I used to be a hot temper mommy and I will raised my voice to her. And after some time, I noticed that it does not helped much in our relationship and my girl also started to lost confident. Now when she throws a fit, I will talked to her softly. After she has calmed down, I will explained to her about her behaviour. And let her know that her behavior was not acceptable. Don't worry about the toddler's temper tantrums, it is a normal growing phase.

I left my comment in the wrong spot. It is posted under the second responses comment. I hope it helps. Remember, keep smiling and the world will smile back at you.

My son is almost three years old and he went through a stage of doing the same thing as your daughter is doing now. To break him of it, I first started with using a stern voice and talking to him when he was throwing a tantrum. That didn't work. I finally almost lost it with him and decided to try other things. The thing that I finally did that made him quit throwing tantrums was to give him a time out during one. I'd put him on the couch and make him sit there, not able to look at the tv or anything for at least 3 minutes or until the tantrum stopped. Now, for the most part he doesn't throw temper tantrums.