[RightField]

Of course, hindsight is 20-20, but I'm convinced that most parents don't get a grip on the tantrum thing early enough. I think a parent must resolve, before the first one ever occurs, to respond immediately and with such an unpleasant response that the child is never going to attempt that behavior again. Same with biting. Both the temper tantrum and the biting incidents usually occur before age 18 months... Children can learn proper behavior at even that young age. If a child is throwing a tantrum at age 2 or older, the parent has started to lose the authority they need to guide and discipline effectively.

But nowadays it seems that parents are more interested in understanding such behavior in their children, rather than in curtailing it.

I did this with my own two children (now ages 26 & 16) and we never had a second incident with either one. (We also homeschooled!)

[honeygrl]

"Of course, hindsight is 20-20, but I'm convinced that most parents don't get a grip on the tantrum thing early enough"

So how do you punish a 6mth old throwing a tanrum? That's when my son had his first tantrum and I flat out refuse to spank or yell at a 6 mth old.

[CindyDawg]

Some kids are just higher strung than others. You were blessed. At various times mine threw tantrums until they left home. (time to stop,take a nap, loss of a toy, not wanting to eat, not wanting to do homework, get up for school, curfews, not allowed to run wild with other kids, dating rules etc).