my 2.5 yr old is a nightmare in public but fine at home, what do I do?

Ahhh, the terrible twos. I've gone through it twice with my 4 and 6 year old, now I'm having double terrible two trouble with my 2 year old twins. They're either fighting with each other or joining forces to gang up against me these days. What I do is stay calm, give them affective discipline, and stick to punishments. Be strong about discipline, but also make a big deal when she's good.

I think she knows that you cannot really do anything out in public. You cannot put her in time out and I am sure (I am) you are a little more mellow when trying to get her to listen at the store then at home because everyone is watching so they work off of that. I know people say just leave and go to the car and try to gain composed there but that can be hard when you want to get things done, do not really have time. My husband works a lot so it is me and my 2 a lot of the time. My oldest is 2 and it can be hard when she is acting up, you want to see like you have it all together when most times you don't.

Sometime incentive works. My daughter rarely gets juice boxes so sometime I tell her if you are good when we get to the car you can have a juice, I also get apple sauce that is in a pouch and she drinks it, she loves this and they are healthy. But she only gets them if she is good. She also like stickers.

My daugher also likes to help me pick stuff out and put it in the cart then give it to the cashier. This keeps her busy. Just some ideas but I know it can be tough.