ivert his attention: Faced with a child who can't stop crying and whining, talk to him — about SpongeBob, about the flowers in the park, about the puppy across the street, about anything but his tantrum. Honig saysit'll distract him from the kvetching. * Massage the meltdown: Freakouts usually mean a tired, overstressed child. "Sometimes, you can say, 'Gee, it's very hard to be with grownups,'" Honig says. In a restaurant, she'll even plop her big, old winter coat on the floor and suggest the weary whiner take a nap...........When mine was young and they did this I used the old phrase"Stop it now or I will give you a reason to do what you are doing".....After a couple of times of enforcing what I had promised all it took was just "the look".
After a couple of times of enforcing what I had promised all it took was just "the look".
A person after my own heart! We used the same technique! I also used "the voice" when speaking my daughter's name!
Actually, "the look" is very effective with adults as well. Usually if the little monsters are acting up, I give "the look" to the parent instead. Amazingly, the parent then steps up.