Patience with tantrums

Peter told me (at some point in the past ten years or so) that when Jay and I were kids, he used to take us to the store sometimes when he went shopping.

And he said that if one of us started throwing a tantrum inside a store, he would just take us outside, sit down with us, and wait for us to calm down. As long as it took.

I don’t remember this at all from childhood. I suspect that he wasn’t quite as patient as he made it sound. But I liked the idea of it.

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