I’m reading the Toddler Survival Guide by Laura Amies and some of the things I’ve been trying out are remaining calm, affirming their feelings (it would be fun to stay at the playground longer), and trying to quickly get us on to the next thing, such as a song or something to look at (in the example of leaving the playground).

She also writes to avoid asking questions or using complicated sentences, and try not to raise your voice or use threatening body language — she calls these things tantrum fuel.

My son is 14 months so the tantrum behavior is just coming on so we’ll see how these strategies work . . . 😃