distract or ignore your child when he’s having a temper tantrum?
July 16th, 2009 by adminmy son is 16 months. and throws temper tantrum when we say no to him.
Depends, if you are in public I say distract. If you are at home and don’t mind him wailing then I say ignore.
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July 16th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Ignore. At 16 months he is old enough to manipulate you with a tantrum, at least my kids were at that age.
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July 16th, 2009 at 8:40 am
spank his little bottom, thats what i did and it worked.
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July 16th, 2009 at 9:01 am
ignore… they will be short lived when you ignore them
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July 16th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Depends, if you are in public I say distract. If you are at home and don’t mind him wailing then I say ignore.
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July 16th, 2009 at 10:29 am
throw the child through the window. it worked when my dad did it to me, i never complained again.
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July 16th, 2009 at 10:57 am
I ignore my son and he has learned real quick he won’t get his way at all if he does it.
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July 16th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Definitely give him a little swat…either on the hand or the butt. They learn pretty fast if it is consistent.
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July 16th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
whip him and let him know that temper tantrums are not alright. he’ll learn…
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July 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Well he does that because he nose that you will give in to him.you could try distracting him with something else.and if all fails try ignoring him.and let him throw his tantrum.good luck best wishes
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July 16th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
ignore! He’s just looking for a reaction out of you - if you don’t respond, he’ll stop. PS - it will be worse before it gets better. The first few times you ignore he will try to go on and see if he can get your attention. he’s just testing you. As long as he is not physically hurt then you can ignore ignore ignore. It gets easier as you practice! lol
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July 16th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
ignore, if you try to distract them, they end up getting what they want: your attention. If you ignore it they will stop all together usually within a week or 2
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July 16th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
at 1st i try to ignore them then i at least try to get them to relax but if they keep on i just leave them til they calm themselves down. nothing else u can do. they’ll get tired of being upset when u r ignoring them and all is good afterwards.
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mom of 2 handsome boys and 1 beautiful daughter
July 16th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I ignore temper tantrums and go about my business, it seems to be the best way to stop them quickly. Usually when a kid sees you aren’t going to give in they’ll stop, then you can say, "Why don’t we do this instead?" But a screaming toddler isn’t going to listen to reason.
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July 16th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Ignoring tantrums doesn’t seem to work well for my daughter since she is so loud and she usually just gets more out of control the longer I don’t take action. I have found that by staying calm, and distracting her with something like a toy or showing her something funny or interesting seems to be more effective. When it works, it cuts tantrums off pretty quickly! I don’t think you teach them tantrums are acceptable by doing that at all. You are just giving them something positive to use their energy on!
Every child is different! Good luck!
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July 16th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Ignore. Read a Book.. don’t look or talk to him. Don’t expect immediate results, but if you’ve ever seen a Teenager or Adult wine and pitch a fit it’s because they had parents who gave into it.
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July 16th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
it really depends on where ur at.
if ur at a restaurant, obviously, the most appropriate thing to do is try to calm the child first and warn him/ her and if that doesn’t work then u take him/ her to the bathroom or outside for a talk or a nice swat on the booty (of course not in plain site for public eye considers it ‘abuse’) or whatever ur choose.
if ur at home, ignore! u don’t cater to ur child like a spoiled brat and u certainly DON’T let ur child run u or the house. it’s ur house and ur in chrage! ur always in charge no matter where u are! u have to completely be in control off the whole situation.
my daughter is almost 2 and she has learned from experience how to behave in a restaurant, the grocery store, even the movies! (we tried that 4 the 1st time yesterday and we will be going again!)
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July 16th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Neither; you discipline. You can distract or ignore if you want, but you’re not fixing his attitude. Your just pacifying it until next time.
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July 16th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Ignore. With my kids, all my kids, I just ignored their temper tantrum. Whatever you do, don’t spank. When they have a tantrum, just move the furniture so that they can’t hurt themselves, and just go to another room. That way no matter what, they can’t get what they want. I think now is a good age to start time outs too. Try that. Put him in time out and walk away. Tell him he was being bad and tell him to stay in time out or he has to stay longer. I really hope I helped.
Deli
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July 16th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I personally ignore. My son is 3 now and still has the odd temper tantrum. I just completely ignore him and carry on with what I am doing. After about 5 - 10 minutes he realises it’s not working and normally get’s over it. At 16 months they used to be far worse, and I ignored them as well at that age. As long as he’s not causing no damage or harm to himself, I’d leave him to it.
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July 16th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
my mom gave me whippings which i wouldn’t reccomend. i hated the but when i grew older i didn’t have the behavior problems other kids had.
I would ignore
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