How To Manage Your Child's Meltdown 
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| If you are a parent and you mismanage a meltdown, the child learns that having a meltdown will actually get him what he wants ! Time for a repeat performance! Tip Credibility: 38 (Best Tip!) |
| Stay calm and remove any audience if possible. Let the child calm themselves down then explain that due to the meltdown there will be consequences. You must be 100% consistent to succeed. Tip Credibility: 36 |
| Isolation is what always worked for our kids. Put them in the corner, in another room if they're old enough. If at home you can even take a 2-year-old to her crib so she can calm down. Generally it only takes a few minutes. Tip Credibility: 34 |
| It all depends on the age of the child but I do agree removing him from an audience is vital as is keeping your own tone of voice very low. You need to maintain control and authority without being intimidating. Tip Credibility: 29 |
| Of course first see if they have a legitimate problem and take care of it. If not, sympathetically explain that they are overly tired and will have to go to bed early. Tip Credibility: 11 |
| The best thing I've ever done when a child started having a meltdown at home was ignore him and then sit on the floor and play with his toys. He was too interested in what I was doing to continue screaming.. LOL Tip Credibility: 6 |
| If you are in a mall, take them out to the car and try this. You do not need people staring. Put them on your lap and hold them tight, shush them until they stop crying. Sometimes they get so upset they can not settle themselves, this does work Tip Credibility: 4 |
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