When my son was about 3 he was with us shopping at a mall in Pembroke, ON. When had just completed our grocery shopping and my hubby decided he'd go to Canadian Tire for "something", leaving me with an armload of stuff. After hubby left, my son decided to have a temper tantrum in the middle of the mall. He threw himself on the floor (just like that kid in the video) and started hollering and crying - I can't even remember what the issue was - he was likely tired (just as I was).
I was so embarrassed that I just walked away and left him in the middle of the mall. I just went around a corner and waiting until he played himself out. People were looking at him and looking around for someone who belonged to him. I wasn't even going to go there lol. Needless to say I was p'd at hubby for leaving me standing there with stuff in my arms and no way to control the little bugger! Ah well, makes for a good story anyway...
Sigh - some memories....
Reminds me of when my daughter did the same thing (she was also about 3). Except that she'd done something that at that time I felt was worth a bum paddle. So I smacked her bottom and instead of stopping the behavour, it escalated it. It was at that moment that I realized that spanking her was not the means of discipline that would work.
I decided we were leaving the mall and grabbed her hand and walked purposly for the doors. An older man walked by and says "Looks like she could use a spanking" to which I said rather rudely "she got one, this is the result"
I never spanked her again. She was the kind of child you couldn't dominate through physicality. She was and is the kind of person you can talk to, explain and she will listen and obey. I never had a problem with her that I couldn't talk to her about and her desist, stop, apologize, and never do again.
