I Hate It When I Can't Yell at Them!

Well, not yell, but glare. I'm good at glaring. Usually my evil eye does the trick!

What trick, you ask?

The trick of getting misbehaving children to stop misbehaving. If I glare at a kid making a mess, he or she usually looks ashamed and then skulks away. If I can't catch their eyes, or if the glare doesn't work, I go over at have a little chat with them.

Unfortunately, all these little tricks go right out the window when the child's parent is nearby, observing the kid make the mess. Or, worse yet, participating in the mess-making.

I hate it when I can't yell at them!