I'm not big on spaking. I know it works for some parents, but I usually feel so guitly (unless she really messes up) that it's not worth it. I usually talk to, with threats, give the evil eye, yell, or take her shoulders in my hands and make her look me in the eye, so that she knows how serious I am.
In public, I'm number 1 with the quick, but most effective, pinches. You know the kind that you used to get for cutting up in church. If it's not a serious infraction, I'll get down, like on one knee, to her eye level, and tell her "if you don't stop it, right this minute, when we get to the car, you going to be in a world of trouble." These things work for me.
Miss. Mocha
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