How To Stop Your Child's Temper Tantrum Before It Gets Out Of Control

What can I do to stop my child's tantrum before it gets out of control?

If you see a tantrum coming--and mostly you do see it coming--you can use distraction. And say, we're going to go over here or we're going to do this. Most parents learn that very early. It averts the tantrum because children don't have a very long attention span. So you can deflect their attention away from what's upsetting them, provoking a tantrum, onto something else that would not upset them.