A hypnotherapist has shared some advice for helping a child during a tantrum.

I’d kicked off my shoes and was heading to the kitchen to get dinner on when my child (who, bless her, was tired and hungry after a day in childcare) decided she wanted to do an “outside wee”.

Her sibling was cranky and in need of food, I needed to sort said food out, and I knew from the flustered look on my child’s face that a storm was brewing.

I tried to reason with her: “How many people have you seen weeing in the street?” I tried to offer alternatives: “I can take you to the toilet! Do you want to walk or shall I carry you?”

Everything escalated and, long story short, we both ended up emotional and covered in wee. So when I came across Jo Walker’s TikTok tip for stopping a tantrum in its tracks, I was intrigued (to say the least).

What’s the tantrum trick?

Walker, a hypnotherapist at Walker’s Therapy, said when a child is having a meltdown, there’s no point trying to reason with them as it simply “won’t work”.

Instead, she asks a “tiny, non-threatening question”.

The question should have nothing to do with the tantrum. So, Walker gave an example of, “hey, I........

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