Quote Originally Posted by snapdragen
One being my sister - who is an excellent mom if I do say so myself. If either my niece or nephew started to throw a conniption, she'd leave whatever she was doing, shopping, whatever, and take them home. They learned pretty quickly - if I misbehave in public, we go home and I don't have any fun.
She's cast from the same mold as my own mother. I remember so many aborted shopping trips and restaurant meals...