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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The one and only time my kid threw a temper tantrum, he made his body super stiff and threw himself backwards. Of course he hit his head on the ground, and started wailing louder. I laughed at him and said "that's what happens when you act like that", and he never did it again.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My 2yo nephew is in the "get mad, bang head on the ground in anger, get madder because now head hurts" phase and I hope he grows out of it soon

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Try laughing at him. It worked for me!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

He snaps out of it pretty quickly (and we do laugh at him which does seem to help) but his poor little head!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Universally this technique has worked on every child in my family.