Distraction methods. Again, if your kids are old enough, you can give them some nice distraction pieces, i.e., Lego, coloring, toys, magic sand etc.… Sometimes your kids can play by themselves and still be ok. Again, it will depend on the kid and how they play with each other or by themselves. Parenting is all about pretty much based of off different circumstances and your kid. Some books will give you a play by play of how a situation will go down, and it may be that way for the authors kid, but maybe not for yours. Everything you read should always be taken with a grain of salt. There is no one stop shop for parenting advice. You find what works for you and you go with it.