How do you handle your child's temper tantrums?

Giving in to temper tantrums is never a good idea, because the child will just learn that he or she can get what he or she wants by means of temper tantrums, which will therefore continue. You must explain that this is not the right way to behave and it will not get the child anywhere. If the child insists upon kicking and screaming, you will just have to let him or her do so until he or she discovers that the effort is wasted. If the child is an embarrassment in public, you can stop taking him or her to public situations.