I just ignore the bad behaviours, no matter how much they scream, the one time you give in is the time they win. I won't say it's easy because it isn't but as the mother of a child with very challenging behaviour, I've had to learn to ignore the looks of strangers and just get on with it

Yep - you just have to get on with parenting, no matter where you are! I have walked away from public tantrums several times, and left the child to get on with it! YOu just have to watch out for the folk checking that the child isn't lost or hurt, but you can usually wave then away. At home, again just walk away. Tell the child you will talk to them wehn they stop screaming. And don't give in!

I know someone who has done the tantrum thing (like the ad) in the supermarket. She said it worked.

The friend she was with at the time just walked on and left them both, though!

Lol Janey, I've been tempted but I think you'd need balls of steel for it unles it's at home!

I tended to ignore the tantrums and reward every single teeny weeny bit of good, the praise I dished out while Olly was in his threes is ridiculous, but it seems to have worked because he hasn't tantrummed in ages, it seems to have sunk in that good behaviour elicits more from Mummy than bad. Wish I'd known when he was in his terrible twos though, I thought I was going to have to spend the rest of my life indoors.

I don't have to leave my child in the supermarket.....he leaves us!

I have been known to step over him whilst he's been stropping on the floor. When we're out, I just ignore him, and spend my time giving apologetic smiles and shrugs to everyone within earshot of his blood-curdling screams.
To be fair, his tantrums were at their worst when he was around 2 and a half - a coincidence that I was shattered, grumpy and 9 months pregnant? Since his brother was born he has been much better. He did try a tantrum today, I told him to go and tantrum upstairs and come down when he'd finished, and it just fizzled away. Funny that, eh? :>

I LOVED REINS - you could pick up the sprog and just walk off with the rigid tot hanging at the ends of the leather tethers - man I got some stares lol.

I've tantrumed myself brought one fosterling up short and did put a stop to the strops - I think it's a good thing to look at triggers, to ensure your as unstressed as possible when you go out, to ensure your child has eaten,drunk and if possible is kept occupied.

I know that sounds easy and it's not but IF you have time a toddler will react wonderfully a lot of the time to 'can you get mummy that jar of jam' etc - plus it's conversation, teaching, all sorts of skills tbh.

Oh Polly, reins are like the spawn of satan, Olly used to just lie on the floor and let me drag him along, always lovely! I eventually won the battle when I discovered wrist straps, can't drag him along so easily with those!

Wish I dared to do the screaming on the floor bit but I daren't. Just in case the kids joined in. I can see us being escorted from the local ASDA by men in little white coats!

I have a LOOK and so far, touch wood, it's enough to stop them in their tracks..........

I have one child who has no triggers, even the specialists have given up asking us to look for them after 4 sensory assessments

Is it BFG whose mum was a childminder and had amazing leather reins with suitcase handles? I'm sure it was - BFG described it as 'picking them up like a screeching handbag' which has stayed with me and still gets me giggling when I see some kid stropping off.

Reins. Mmmm. For safety, yes. For tantrums - no. I mean your typical nylon ones from Mothercare/Boots/Wherever, not hardcore leather ones. Reins on a tantrumming child is the equivalent of trying to restrain the Hulk with tagliatelle.