[Mercat]

I'm a sanctimonious grandma but when my 5 year old grandaugher gets loud or rambunctious in public, I hold her and talk quietly to her... if that doesn't work I tell her we'll go outside and we'll do a "holding time out." That almost always works and then we discuss whether she is hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. HALT

[gridlock]

My daughter knows that when she gets the crooked finger and an invitation to step outside, she's overstepped the bounds.

Children want to behave. Unfortunately many have never been told how.

[outinyellowdogcountry]

Sometimes children feel like misbehaving to see who is in charge.

[ladyjane]

then we discuss whether she is hungry, angry, lonely, or tired.

Wow. This strikes me as so funny. When I was growing up it was not the custom to ask a child such questions. You behaved, or else. Never found out what 'or else' meant. LOL