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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your mistake is that in this one incident, you taught your daughter the lesson that if she screams and yells, mommy will run around like a crazy person trying to give her what she wants.  In my opinion that is a BIG mistake.  In your shoes, the minute my child started kicking up, I would have taken her outside, told her firmly that she is not allowed to scream like that, and that she could have the ipod when she was quiet and prepared to behave.  If you don't start this kind of discipline with a toddler, it won't magically happen at age 4 or 14.  You have to start laying the foundation for her respecting you NOW.  Perhaps the look you got was not just because your toddler was screaming, but because you let it go on while you tried to appease her.  As a parent, my first priority was always to teach my kids the lesson that they could not act up, particularly in public.  I only had to do this 2 or 3 times with each of my kids (the only place it is hard to execute is an airplane) before I could put a stop to any misbehavior with a mere threat of "are we going to have to leave this store?" and now they are two of the most nicely behaved kids you can imagine.  At 10 and 7, they understand that whining or having a fit will not work EVER.  Don't negotiate with terrorists!  [/quote]

Now THIS is a good parent.

OP, maybe you could take a lesson from her.[/quote]

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