Toddlers have a built in defense against the tyranny of adults: The Tantrum. The little time bombs are ticking softly and go off at the perfect second. Especially when parents add one little straw to the camel's back. You see, the timer is carefully concealed in the hump. All it takes is one straw to break the camel's back.
So how do you know when you should just hold that straw in your hand?
Or if you already made the mistake of loading that last straw, what do you do to keep your toddler from screeching beneath a clothes rack in the center of the crowded department store?
Or how do you put Junior's wailing on mute until you can get out of the restaurant before your waitress presents your check and asks you to leave before he disturbs any more clientele?
Here are the answers:
Tips for Controlling Your Child's Tantrums in Public
Ann Marie Dwyer is an internationally-published, award-winning citizen journalist with bylines on Helium, One World Net, Yahoo! News, Associated Content and Global Exchange.org. Her articles appear in corporate newsletters, archive history web sites and in news print.
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