My dd had an almighty tantrum today and I ended putting the garden hose to her!

[chocolatemummy]

well.........it was literally for a few seconds, and its better than smacking her, she had totally lost it.
Same old problem........running off when we are out, I am so worried about her getting snatched or lost and she does it almost everytime. Today she ran off while we were in the bank, after queing for ages she ran off and I had to leave to run after her, TWICE and the second time she acually ran OUT of the bank and into another shop and my heart stopped for a minute because I couldn't see her, when I got her we just went straight home and we were suposed to be going to the roundabout so she went bezerk!!

my dd aged 14 decided to be particularly mouthy and started shouting at me.

i walked straight past her, filled a glass of water

then threw it at her

then calmly said
"don't speak to me like that again"

she shut up

your not going to get people to agree with your course of action - i think you posted out of guilt?

which is ironic becuase you will get slated. disciplining a child - unloess you are asking " how should i" if you are stating " i did..."
then your asking for rotten fruit to be thrown at you and mumsnet is rarely understanding these days.

Not the best thing to do, certainly not the worst. You could have (I suppose) continued to ignore her, but that's the problem with not being a robot - tantrums are DESIGNED to get a response and the older the child, the more effective the paddy!