How To Survive Your Child's Public Tantrums

With mum-of-two and social commentator Angela Mollard

- Angela Mollard

It’s one of the most mortifying aspects of parenting. What seems like a simple trip to the supermarket or the park suddenly turns into a tantrum of the most monumental proportions. Worse, now you both have red faces – your kid from screaming and you from the embarrassment of their very public meltdown.

But tantrums in public are a normal part of childhood – and parenting – so here’s five steps to help manage them.

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