The terrible twos... How difficult is it to deal with children going through

I've been through the terrible two's six, times seven if you count my grandson,{who seems to believe i'm his mom}. There were times i wanted to pull my hair out.They are at the age were they're curious about everything and they dont understand danger or the word no for that matter. They seem to believe that you are there to give them any and everything they want or there's hell to pay. I've paid dearly and have the grey hairs to prove it.

My own children have never thrown temper tantrums, and I don't tolerate them. I am not the type of mother to give in just because my child begins to whine or cry for something. I don't care that an entire grocery store is watching me because my child is whining and I have said no. I think my children learned this at a very young age, and have not attempted to push those buttons. Many moms will give in at some point during a temper tantrum just to quiet the child, and I this leads to the child realizing that if they scream and cry loud enough, they'll get what they want. Granted there may be some children who are just difficult by nature, and I am very lucky mine are not. The hardest part for me about that stage in a child's development is their curiosity. My children have all been extremely curious and very persistant. They have found numerous ways to explore the things I don't want them to. My twins, at the age of 18 months, would drag heavy, metal chairs over carpet through 2 rooms, knock down a child safety gate, bring the chair into the kitchen to climb on it and get into the cupboards. Sadly it only took them about 2 seconds to do this, so I had to learn to keep them with me at all times, including while using the bathroom. They were also able to break through the cabinet locks I put in place. I am so glad my current toddler isn't quite that adventerous.

My son wasn't too bad during the terrible twos stage and didn't act out all too much either. He was a happy baby and hardly complained about anything.

Sometimes yes its hard, ive two children ones been through it and the youngest just turned two, she is a handful but nothing out of the ordinary she is just ready to learn but hasnt the ability to realise some of the things she does arent really the right thing to be doing. Tantrums only occur when im stopping her doing something she doesnt want to do its because the part of the brain which deals with frustration hasnt developed well enough so they have a bit of a melt down it is hard in public though mostly because of other peoples attitude but ive learnt to ignore the tantrum and the stares and tuts people are welcome to move away if its disturbing them so much lol