April 9: The "Embarrasment" Threat

I'll make this one quick and simple. In an effort to coax my kids into an acceptable level of behavior while picking up a pizza this evening in the local Pizza Hut, I had to resort to one of the lowest, but more effective, methods of reprimand with my daughter...yes, I threatened to embarrass her if she didn't stop egging on her brother and getting him even more wired than he already was. Though I'd never attempted this method before, I seemed to have executed it perfectly because she immediately quit the shenanigans and started behaving appropriately. Good thing she didn't call me out on the threat, though, as I really had no idea what my next move would have been.