J.B.
L., You've been given some great advice.
My 5 year old daughter, youngest of four, has been my most challanging. Tantrums have been an issue in the past. Mostly I agree that putting her in a boring room of the house alone until she chills out is the best way to go for starters.
I've also left a store, movie, church, mall, resturant, you name it when the fit starts. It only takes a time or two of doing it EVERY TIME a fit begins, for them to realize that fun stuff stops when the fits start.
I've even gone as far, one time, with an older child, to remove EVERYTHING from her room except 3 changes of clothes and her bedding for a week. It didn't take long for her to make a complete attitude change.
In a parenting class my husband and I took YEARS ago, one thing really stood out to me. He said "A tantrum needs an audience to be effective. No audience, the tantrum soon ends. THEN you can discipline effectively." That was some of the BEST advice I was EVER given and it has worked wonders on my little 5 year old "angel" ;)
Beth H...You're little angel sounds JUST like mine and you handle her JUST like I handel mine :) Nice to have someone to relate to :)