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I have one of those children that throws temper tantrums.

One of my suggestions to other parents is to go ask the parent if they needs help.

In my case, I know I do usually need help when my daughter throws a tantrum. She has cerebral palsy. She looks normal, but has severe brain damage.

I also have 2 other children. If we're at home, we don't have a problem. My daughter who is throwing the tantrum goes to her room. She may scream for an hour, but she is not hurting anything.

In public, if I'm with all my kids I'm trying to get the other 2 kids, and then take care of the temper tantrum. Sometimes, I just ignore the tantrum until I get the other 2 kids settled.

Sometimes I ignore it, and try to get to the car as fast as possible.

The most embarrassing time was at a restaurant. My daughter wanted a soda, and I said no and she threw a fit. I barely managed to get her outside. She was kicking and screaming so hard that I couldn't move her. I literally straddled her and pinned her arms down. For 20 minutes, she screamed. Finally, she calmed down enough to get to the car. She screamed more, but we were in the car. Finally, she calmed down and got buckled in her seat. She fell asleep on the way home, and was an angel once she got home.

Of course, while she was screaming I had other people saying what a brat she was. Little do they know what she is going through.

"I have one of those children that throws temper tantrums. One of my suggestions to other parents is to go ask the parent if they needs help.

I don't think I could ever interfere in a family matter in public. It's difficult to tell who would welcome a round of support and who would punch me in the eye! But the little boy who was trailing behind his mother in the grocery store and having a whining hissy fit, got the "you better hush it, bud" look from me and his mother spun around FAST because it stopped. I just grabbed the canned pears off the shelf and put them in the cart! ("Who me?????")