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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I never try to help parents. I used to hold doors for people struggling with strollers, but it seems the "it takes a village" crowd only wants the village when it's convenient. So parents are invisible to me. [/quote]
Are you a parent?

It is never ever ever help to intervene in a tantrum. Never has a toddler who is dysregulated been soothed by a stranger. Use common sense and then join the village.[/quote]

I have seen it help multiple times in the grocery store.

Your "never ever ever" experience is not universal.[/quote]

True. And I am enjoying the irony of purported parenting experts who know exactly what works and what does not work to sooth a tantruming child, but lack the the wherewithal to avoid tantrums in the first place.

I had three kids in three years. The best advice for tantrums is planning. Whenever I thought my kids had another 15-20 minutes in them, that was the time to leave - no matter what.

Oh, and one time one my twins ran away in Target and I had to push the stroller around with the other two while he played an ever so amusing game of hide and seek. I was incredibly grateful to the kind older man who stepped in to help me track him down.[/quote]

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