No joke: My kid acts up in public, I take them to the nearest restroom and tear their little butt up.
I was just going to post that all I had to do to get my kids in line is to tell them that we were going to the bathroom. They would immediately behave because they knew that they would get a swat in the bathroom. Not that I had to do it. (I can’t even remember if I did do it!) But they knew that I would if they didn’t straighten up.
I once also walked out of a restaurant when my older-ish kids wouldn’t stop bickering. My kids were stunned when we had to get in the car and drive away.
And I remember once they were bickering on a long drive home from vacation. I asked my husband to pull off the freeway into the nearest town and find a bank. I went into the bank and bought each child a roll of quarters. I told the kids that every time they bickered they would give me a quarter. They made it all the way home with close to $10 each :)