[AppyPappy]

My son did that. I considered it entertainment. A crowd would gather and we'd all watch him. Eventually, he got too embarassed to do it.

Crying is good for their little lungs. A tantrum at any age is a bad time to negotiate. I don't have a problem with them wallowing around, screaming like banshees but when they try anything destructive, they get their ass whacked. They've outgrown it now. I rather miss it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

My son did that. I considered it entertainment.

The funniest home video we have is the one my wife made of our (then) 2 year old daughter throwing a hissy fit on the living room floor. It lasted for 15 minutes. She then went to sleep right where she lay.

To this day, we cannot figure out or remember what she was upset about. But we laugh until we cry when we watch the video.

[netmilsmom]

>>My son did that. I considered it entertainment. A crowd would gather and we'd all watch him. Eventually, he got too embarassed to do it.

Crying is good for their little lungs. A tantrum at any age is a bad time to negotiate. I don't have a problem with them wallowing around, screaming like banshees but when they try anything destructive, they get their ass whacked. They've outgrown it now. I rather miss it.<<

Are you kidding?!? At 5 or 6 you let the child do this?? You have set no boundries for his behavior and by "becoming embarassed" you have let the child discipline himself.

I have a parent like you in my kindergarten class. Her kid lies kicking and screaming on the floor until he gets "embarassed". Great for you, but in the meantime I have to put up with this little darling. Better you pick his butt up and walk him out of the mall to a spanking. He would learn immediate consequences and no one else would have to hear him bellow while you stand there waiting for him to get the point.

[Marie]

My friend's son was causing problems in his class in 7th grade. She told him that if there were ONE more problem, she would take two weeks off from her job to escort him to class every day. She would then sit by him in class (not quietly), in lunch, cheer him on in gym. She would tell the other students that he talked back to the teacher because he reallly did miss his mommy.

He knew she was really mean enough to do it. No more problems! :-)

[honeygrl]

"They've outgrown it now. I rather miss it. "

Can I send my 2 1/2 yr old to you until he grows out of it? :)

[maxwell]

I don't have a problem with them wallowing around, screaming like banshees

Dude, you got more, uh, tolerance or something than I ever will. If I ever get anklebiters (G-d forbid), I will regard any such behavior as a reflection on ME, and a bad one at that, and accordingly get medieval on somebody's little heinie.