Monday, March 02, 2009  Help! I need somebody, help!  Every
parent has been in the situation when their child / children
have completely and utterly lost it. Tantrum of epic
proportions. Nothing can be done to soothe. You just have to
roll with the punches. Oh, yours hasn't done this? Well let me
go get your crown! I kid. Because I know it's not possible.
Every kid has done this. Maybe it was as an infant - waiting
impatiently for a meal or a diaper change. Or as a toddler,
upset because the fun day at the park has been rudely
interrupted by nap time. Or a sensitive four year old who thinks
the chopping knives at the Hibachi restaurant are far too loud
as he cowers in the corner crying. It happens. And as parents we
cope the best we can. Sometimes anger gets the better of us. We
cry and throw a mini-tantrum. Or sanity rules and we remember to
offer choices, soft words of encouragement, and the healing
sounds of white noise. I don't know. We just muddle through it,
because that is all we can do.  But you know