Help with tantrums?

My son is 22 months old and has been throwing bad tantrums for about 2 months now. It used to be that when we told him no, to not touch the fan he would get upset, not touch the fan and just back-up away from it. We just moved Aug 1st. Now even though the fan is still sitting on his toy box just as it always was at our old place he goes to it just like a magnet, pushing all the buttons and sticking his fingers in the cage of the fan. The fan is not the only problem, he flips out for seemingly no reason or simply because he doesn't get his own way. We live in a townhouse now and the parking lot for our row is very close to our place, we tried taking him for a walk on a safety harness tonight before his bath and he kept trying to step off the sidewalk into the parking lot. I don't want him thinking that it is okay to play wherever least of all a parking lot. I tried last night to control a tantrum and it just got worse, I got slapped in the face and he screamed and thrashed harder.

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Be calm and confident. His anger is bound to cool down eventually. Just speak to him calmly and see what happens.

thats a hard age to control i got someone living above me who cant take care of there kid and makes a bunch of stomping noises that pisses me off. just put him in a room and let him tire himself out and when he stops let him out thats all i can think that will work.

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