How to Handle Your Toddler's Public Temper Tantrums

Anyone who has ever had a toddler knows they can be prone to pubic temper tantrums. These steps can help you to effectively handle them.

Instructions

1. Plan ahead for the outing to prevent any possible public temper tantrums. If you're going to the grocery store bring snacks for the child to keep him or her occupied.

2. Schedule your trips according to the child's nap and meal routine to be sure the child is well rested and fed.

3. Attempt to calm and soothe your child when a tantrum first starts. Try to ignore the tantrum if coddling your child does not work. Of course, if you're in a restaurant or other quiet place of business that probably won't be practical, so be prepared to make a quick exit.

4. If you're at the store or a restaurant leave everything where it is and take your child to the car. Buckle your child in the car seat, sit in the front and let the child know that until she is done with her tantrum she will sit there.

5. Go back in the store or restaurant after the tantrum subsides. Let your child know that if she can behave you will finish your errands.

6. Leave the public place if she has another tantrum. If you're at the store, leave the cart where it is and just go. If you're at a restaurant, pay and take your food home.

7. Apologize to the host if you're at someone's house. Pick up your child and leave.