What Do I Do About Temper Tantrums? Picture yourself in the grocery store with your three year old. You turn down the next aisle – and you both spot the cookies at the same time. The visual stimulus, though identical, produces two very different responses. You are reminded of what happened the last time you stood on this spot. Your daughter is reminded of how good cookies taste, and of how much she wants them. Within seconds, the gentle, but firm, reminder – "No cookies today" – has transformed your little angel into a wild child in the throes of a very loud temper tantrum. Read More....