Three-year-old Jennifer was the Sarah Bernhardt of tantrums. During one of her fits of anger, I bent over her ranting body and said, "Wow! Can you show me how to do that?" She immediately calmed to recite instructions for kicking and yelling with the caution suggested for headbanging: "because it might hurt".
Then she stood to help me adjust for 'tantrum pose'. We laughed as she moved my arms and legs while giving additional directions.
She doesn't throw many tantrums these days, but I have continued.
A variation of my article was published in the June 1997 issue of Parents.
Jen's mosaic photo was created using Andrea Mosaic, freeware found at the link. Photos like this are much better when seen in larger format but Jen probably wouldn't forgive me if she appeared full size here and I have no desire to anger her!
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