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In reply to the discussion: Okay, no spanking. I get that but what's this dad suppose to do? [View all]LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)WikiHow has a pretty good article.
http://www.wikihow.com/Handle-Your-Child%27s-Temper-Tantrum
When I was very young, I remember throwing the biggest tantrum ever. I was feeling angry, and frustrated and MAD that the world was just not fair. Lying on the floor, crying, kicking screaming. I don't remember what my injury was, but I knew I felt justified in my outrage.
I think my dad had just come home when he entered the room. He picked me up. I stiffened my body and kicked and increased the volume of my cries. He ignored that. Maybe there was a soft, half smile around his lips. At least that's what I think I remember. He ignored my thrashing and carried me to the big armchair. And then he held me. I think I probably cried for a while longer. And then the calm came. I sat there on my dad's lap with my head on his chest, taking shuddering breaths as the storm subsided. Maybe he talked with me, I don't remember. What I remember is feeling loved.
When the time came that he had to put me down, I struggled against that, but the tantrum had passed. And I felt loved.
That is my earliest, and fondest memory of my father. It has never left me.