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I don't know if this will help or not, but recently I was at the grocery store when a woman with a boy about 7 got in line behind me. The boy suddenly began a tantrum and to his and the moms surprise I gave him permission to have the tantrum and told him that I sure hoped that it was going to be a good one because I hadn't seen one yet that day. The mom looked at me like I had rocks in my head, but the boy immediately stopped the tantrum and never started again.

Just a thought. You may want to try it at home first though to see if it works.

You may have to resort to leaving the public location and going home (unless that is what she wants).

I was recently at a seminar with Richard Delaney, a child psychologist. He told about a family that had a 5 year old who threw fantastic tantrums. The parents talked it over and then had a family meeting. It was decided that, no matter where they were, when this child began to throw a tantrum that they would all join him. Later that day he started to have one and they called all the kids to the kitchen where he was and they all lay down on the floor and threw a huge tantrum. Another day it happened in the aisle at the grocery store. The entire family threw themselves on the floor and started tantruming. A few minutes later they looked up and the 5 year old was at the end of the aisle staring at them. He couldn't believe his eyes. End of trantrums.