My kids - thank goodness - have never chcuked one in public. At home - YES!!!! We walk off and the tanty soon comes to an end. No audience...no use keeping it up.

Having said that though.........our eldest is 3 and every since he was a baby, if he got over tired....way over tired he would just have a melt down. This happened on Saturday night....40 mins later, several dry reaches....he crashed! Nothing works when he gets like that. He just follows one of us around. DH is better at dealing with it than me.

I think they go through it again at 13yrs - when they move out.......best I learn some techniques for then!

xxxx