Comments on How to Prevent a Toddler's Temper Tantrum

I was a trouble child, a temper tantrum wild and crazy child, a brat! I would cry and hit the floor and scream and fight, but when I look back, all I wanted was genuine attention. I would fight with my brother, I had so much frustration pent up. All I wanted to know was that I won the fight and that I was acknowledged. Desiring attention, that's all it was. Everyone says to leave the child alone, let them be and cry on their own by themselves. I say shower them with love and attention, show them they are the most important person in the world and they matter. That is all a child with a temper tantrum needs.

I used to have terrible tantrums- kicking and screaming and yelling and crying. Just pay attention to the child. All I wanted was attention and affection. Show them that you really care and listen to what is wrong. Be honest and mean it, they will know.

I was a trouble child, a temper tantrum wild and crazy child, a brat! I would cry and hit the floor and scream and fight, but when I look back, all I wanted was genuine attention. I would fight with my brother, I had so much frustration pent up. All I wanted to know was that I won the fight and that I was acknowledged. Desiring attention, that's all it was. Everyone says to leave the child alone, let them be and cry on their own by themselves. I say shower them with love and attention, show them they are the most important person in the world and they matter. That is all a child with a temper tantrum needs.

I used to have terrible tantrums- kicking and screaming and yelling and crying. Just pay attention to the child. All I wanted was attention and affection. Show them that you really care and listen to what is wrong. Be honest and mean it, they will know.

Through experience,I have a daughter who never threw a tantrum in her toddler years, and a son who is a just about a toddler, throws them every 10 minutes,My daughter is now 8 and my son is nearly 2-The only thing that makes my son stop his tantrum is when I pick him up and cradle him in my arms,either that or a very fast change of scenery, perhaps he is in the living room, take him to a different room,the visual difference changes his feelings, and therefore the tantrum stops,I also notice that my son throws tantrums before lunchtime and dinnertime, always keep a quick snack at hand,hungry children can be cranky children and if they cant tell you what they want or need (being hungry or thirsty)they will have no trouble letting you know their own way (temper tantrums)!One of my mistakes with my son, and believe me I know I am not the only one, was that when he threw his first tantrum, I simply thought,Oh it's just this one time, It will pass, I should ignore it,By the time I said this the 10th time, I was only fooling myself!!!! Please, when your young baby throws his first tantrum,dont think its a one time thing, and that it will never happen again, when you let it go the first time, and the second, it becomes second nature to them, and the baby will do it constantly since he or she knows that it's something they have done before,put a stop to it the first time, or at least detour it, Since my first baby never threw tantrums, I thought this terrible two's things happened to other babies and not to mine.WRONG. even if the first baby never threw tantrums, it does not mean the second or third one will not do them either,I was a bit surprised when my son started doing them on a daily basis,and I truly thought it was something that was going to happen once.Please learn from my mistake!

Carry a bristle board sign that reads "TANTRUM IN PROGRESS" and throw it on the floor when your child throws a tantrum in public. People will point and laught at your child and the sheer embarassment that your child endures will prevent future tantrums.