Hoosierdood
Grandmaster
Screaming in stores/restaurants, throwing tantrums............the crap you see so often with other people's kids.
Mine NEVER did that.
With 4 kids, mine never did that either. They knew that if they did, they would get an immediate consequence as well as a much bigger consequence when we got home.
On several occasions when the kids were smaller, we had older couples come up to us in a restaurant and compliment us on our kids behavior. About 4 or 5 times, we had some random stranger come over and hand all the kids dollar bills because they were so well behaved.
Set boundaries and have specific consequences when they cross those boundaries. (they are kids, they will test your boundaries) Follow through with those consequences, and don't EVER bluff.
It always cracked me up when other family members would count to 3 with their kids, and when they got to 3, they wouldn't do anything. Guess what, the kids didn't care about the counting after that.
I never counted to 3 with my kids. I shouldn't have to. When I tell them to do something, they either obey or they don't. Counting to 3 just sets you up for failure in the future.