12 Expert Tips for Taming Temper Tantrums

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Meltdown in Aisle 3! From Timeouts to Talk-It-Outs, How to Tame Those Tantrums STAT!

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Sally Farhat Kassab on Sep 30, 2010 at 12:41PM

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a Sally Farhat Kassab on Sep 30, 2010 at 12:44PM

Your toddler is jumping on your brand-new couch, throwing pillows onto the floor, screaming at the top his lungs and basically creating utter chaos. You tell him to stop; he ignores you. You pick him up and put him on the floor; he begins kicking you and screaming louder. How to handle it? Easy -- just walk way and go to another room. Some experts and moms swear by this and say tantrums are simply attention-getting strategies. Pay your child no attention, and the tantrum will eventually stop. “There’s no point in putting on a play when there’s no audience,” says Dr. Carol Cooper in The Baby and Child Question and Answer Book.