"I have read too many stories of shaken baby syndrome or other abuse that would have been prevented just by walking away. " Reading is something very different

"I have read too many stories of shaken baby syndrome or other abuse that would have been prevented just by walking away. " Reading is something very different from experiencing it yourself. My main take is pragmatically, if I have the energy and calmness, I am with them. Hug them if they want it. Ask them, what they really want, even restrain them (in a playful, but firm way). But if I feel I cannot do it calmly, I indeed let them have their tantrum and am in the next room. But if it is in the middle of the night and other people want to sleep, then this is not an option and you have to be creative (like I wrote above, going outside with them for example always worked, or a bit of water on their head, to literally cool them)