it starts out as a soft whimper, him wanting to go to the toystore although we've been there for 2 hours and i telling him that we'll go back later, momi just needs to look for some books. then the whimper becomes a loud cry then before you know it he is wailing incessantly drawing the attention of everyone even the guard. then as if it's not enough the wail will turn into fits of scream prompting the guard to come to us and ask what's wrong. maybe most of them are thinking that i am hurting my son, or sometimes they think i am trying to kidnap him because my son looks japanese/chinese and me being a filipina is immediately classified as his maid. this happens a lot of times, mostly because here a filipina is looked at as either a maid or a whore.
anyways, back to my story, after the fits of scream and me all red in the face we'll just leave the bookstore pretending no one is looking and wait for him to stop his hysterics. that's all i can do. i do not want to give in to his demands, because i know if i do the scene above will be played over and over again everytime we go out. i know my son's just a toddler but sometimes tantrums is more than annoying as it can get into my nerves. so if anyone out there has a better idea on how to deal with tantrums, i am listening...
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