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I'll take a moment to interject an example of taking charge of this situation:
Take your child to the car, strap them into their car seat and sit there with them until they decide to calm down. You are not teaching them that their behavior is going to get them a desired change of scenery. By ignoring their behavior and continuing with your shopping you are, in effect, telling them that it is ok with you. It's a simple technique and it works. Even toddlers can understand such a basic concept after two or three examples.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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