Tantrums aren't always easy to manage. They usually occur just when you need your toddler to behave most, and every situation is a unique and challenging experience for you. On the whole, whether your toddler has a point or not, you want to teach your child to express himself more calmly. For this reason, you often have to ignore tantrums, letting your toddler know you will deal with the issue at hand once things have calmed down. This way, you aren't rewarding bad behaviour with your attention. By making tantrums unsuccessful, you make them less worthwhile. For this you will need discipline. Every time you give in for the sake of peace and quiet, you reinforce the tantrum behaviour. So have faith in yourself, you aren't a bad parent if you let a child cry a little.

But it's also important for your child's feelings such as anger, frustration and sadness to be acknowledged. Telling your toddler that you understand that he is angry, that it isn't nice to feel angry but you can't help him until he can stop shouting or screaming.

Grocery Shopping

Getting around stores can be a challenge, too. Sometimes it's a race against time, or a race against tantrums. But there are some simple ways to avoid tantrums in supermarkets and develop your toddler's interest in food.

Make it a game.

• Ask your toddler to point out the items you need.
• Have your child hold your shopping list for you.
• Ask him to tell you what colour the carrots are.
• Let your child put items in the shopping cart for you.
• You can ask your child to choose his own dinner from the items in the shopping cart. Letting him help you choose the family's foods or to pick his favourite.
• Have him try to spot a man with glasses or a woman with brown hair.

And if your toddler needs a snack along the way, try and bring something healthy that takes time to eat. Peeled carrot slices are a good option, some mixed fruit chunks or something chewy like a Heinz^® mini cereal bar.