Wanted: Worst Toddler Tantrums EVER!

I was with my four-year-old daughter in a crowded Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver. The elevator was filled with many business people. My daughter decided that was the opportune moment to tell me..."You are the ugliest mom in the world!" There were a lot of snickers from the others. Pretty emberassing!

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Bad Tantrums are sometimes parenting issues.My son being Autistic had tantrums.It was clearly medical though.He had a massive brain tumor.Once it was removed he is fine now.But his worst tantrum he got mad put his fist through a window and cut his wrist open.Requiring 8 stitches...Almost bled to death.Because he wanted bubbles in his bath water.He had a seizure.Because he has a seizure disorder and fell.Broke the stitches open and had to be resewn again

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It really is hard to find the best meltdown for kids with tantrums.When they hurt you or themselves is hard to deal with.There is a C.O.P.E hold to restrain them.But, you have to use at your own risk and have to becareful not to bruise them.It's considered abuse.I learned it because my son is special needs.I needed it because my son is 6 inches taller than I am.He is 24 years old now.But, he started out just like the kids you speak of on here.If the behavior is not dealt with at an early age.These kids get older and stronger and can kick your behind..Seriously!!!!

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Anna- What you really needed to do is pull out of line if able, and park, and spank his little bum a good one! Kids these days think that all they have to do is scream loud enough and POW everything comes to fruition! I read how hard you struggled to keep his hands off the door handle and that was scary. What if he decided he wanted to get out at a amusement park that you were passing at 60mph on the highway!

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I will tell you of one of the classic tantrums that my son, Andy had. We had all were in the swimming pool, and the sun went behind the clouds. It got a little chilly, and everyone wanted to get out...except Andy. His lips started to get that purplish red color and I knew he was cold too. I had to drag him up the ladder kicking and screaming. I thought once we got out he'd calm down...nope. All of a sudden he leaned forward and bit me...right on my boob. I still have a scar to this day. That pain was quite exquisite.

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When my son was two years old, we were in the pediatrician's office. The office was filled to capacity. Suddenly he felt the need to announce, loudly, "MY MOMMY IS 40 YEARS OLD!"
Needless to say laughter filled the waiting room. I guess it could have been worse...

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my son who is now 40 was just beginning to ride the big yellow bus and learned quite a bit of bad behavior there, also about Santa but that's another story. We were in the supermarket when he was 5, at the checkout line and he said he wanted a candy bar. They were right there at eye/hand level. I said no, too close to dinner and this really sweet little kid said in a very loud voice, "If you do not buy me a candy bar, I will kick your ass." OMG, it was an EF Hutton moment, everyone went dead silent and turned to watch. I was totally speechless but then drew myself up straight, looked him right in the eye and sternly said, "When we get home, I am going to tell your Mother what you said!" He was so confused he just went with me when I grabbed his arm and marched out of the store.
Just totally denied him as mine, not my proudest moment but did manage to maintain a tiny shred of dignity. Never looked back to see if anyone actually believed my grand statement......

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Once when my brother was two years old, and of course, couldnt talk well, he could only say "f*ck" instead of "truck". my mom was about 18 at the time, and she braught my brother to the store with her. They passed a toy isle and my brother saw a truck, and said to my mom something like, "Mommy! Can You buy me a f*uck!?" & of course she said no. & he started a temper tantrom, saying,"I want my f*ck, I WANT MY F*CK!!" over & over while people watched & stared, lol!!

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Down on my knees thanking God for giving me the good sense to NEVER have children. These comments reinforce the best choice I ever made.

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Ivana 7-13-2009 @ 5:28AM
Down on my knees thanking God for giving me the good sense to NEVER have children. These comments reinforce the best choice I ever made.

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Ivanna, I just wanted to tell you that I thank God that you didn't breed as well. In case you did not notice these parents all survived thier moments and most laugh about it now. I just wanted to thank all the parents that wrote in with thier stories. It seems that all issues were solved with much patience.

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My oldest son is 3 and his tantrums consist of throwing himself backwards onto the floor or into some type of furniture. For instance we were at a friends house hanging out on their deck and he wasn't happy with not getting his way...instead of throwing himself onto the ground where he just falls backwards extrememly hard he goes running into the side of the house at full speed that he completely knocked himself to the ground and this horrified looked at me and my husband as if we had done it. I had wanted to die because its one thing to do this at home than at a good friend's house in front a bunch of our closest friends.

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Neither of my kids were or are (youngest is 1, the other 13 and lives with his dad), big temper tantrum throwers. With my oldest though, he's pulled stunts so fast I didn't know what to do. Once, at the gas station, I told him to pick out a drink from the cooler. My mistake was not limiting the choices in the first place. Live and learn. He wanted Mountain Dew, I said no, we went back and forth a few times. I went to the check out and looked back for him and he was standing there with a Mountain Dew, one hand around the twist off top, looking right into my eyes hesitantly, and pphhhhhht, OPENED it. ............... Yeah, that was my reaction. So I made him bring it to the front so I could pay for it. When we got outside, I threw it away right in front of him telling him I said you cannot have that one. Man, he cried hard. I felt about 2 inches tall. But ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
As for resturants, if you know LO is likely to throw fits, please for the love of God, stay home and practice manners and public behavior. There's nothing worse than a screaming, running around, or otherwise obnoxiously behaving child in a resturant. I am not there to have dinner with your 'cuttie'. Some parents have no idea how obnoxious that is.
Me and most of my family were disciplined for such behavior. Getting up and leaving is the BEST remedy for that behavior. Be prepared, bring cash to leave for your diner if you have to leave in a rush or have someone else bring the LO outside while one pays for the meal. Let them know this will be the concequence for being disruptive, that you will leave immediately. FOLLOW THROUGH!! This works for grocery stores, malls, just about anywhere. It worked wonders for me and others I know. If you come prepared to leave, you'll be fine. There's not too much that can't wait till tomorrow.

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they say terrible twos, but my daughter was terrible before she hit her twos. lol. She is my only child, my patience as always been thin, so therefore, i thought to myself, i would never be able to have kids. Oh, boy was I wrong. The day we found out she was a girl, she has been spoiled, and i think she knew from in my tummy that she could get away with whatever she wanted. it never seems to fail me, everytime daddy isnt around her little tantrums seem to just come out of her sweet little self. One incident in particular, we were shopping at target and she doesnt like to sit in the cart with her legs between the two holes, and i wouldnt let her sit in the buggy part, because I was shopping for a vacuum cleaner, so she was pissed off the whole time from the moment we walked in there, every aisle she would cry out for something and i would put something in the buggy and she would pick it up and throw it out of the buggy, so i gave her my keys to try to keep her quiet and everything else i could think of in my purse everything was out of my buggy before i could pick the next thing up from the floor,by this time we werent even in the store 10mins, and already i was ready to leave and say forget it, by this time she was screaming bloody murder nothing made her happy, nothing, so we had made it down the aisle where the long gift wrapped rolled paper was and luckily nobody was down this aisle, and i never spank my kid ever, which at this time she deserved a spanking a really good one, so i gave her the long rolled gift wrapped paper so she could play with and she looked at me threw it on the floor and screamed at me and pointed her finger to say "NO, MOMMY NO" by this time i was literally pissed i grabbed the rolled gift wrap paper of the floor and remind you no one was down this aisle, i took it, and really fast and quick i popped her on her leg, and she looked at me, like what the hell?, i was like no you hush, and she didnt say another word, like she was in shock. needless to say, she steal throws temper tantrums and falls out on the floor, but the look on her face when i popped her with that gift wrap was priceless.

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My 2 and half year old son throws a fit for everything. Yesterday we were at Sea World and he wanted to feed the dolphins, so we took him to feed the dolphins. You only get a certain amount of fish to feed them, but he wanted to feed them more. I tried to explain to him that all the food was gone, and he throw himself on the floor,kicking,sceaming, and flailing around. I was so embarassed. Everyone around was looking at me like " control your child ", but i didn't know what to do.

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