To help your children with you while shopping, tell them ahead if time, you're going to play a game called "go and stop".

When everything is not working. Hold your child's hand to control your child's pace. Say, "Go" and start walking very fast in the mall. Then say, "stop" and stop (it is usually a squeal). Then say "Go" and so on. The child will soon be having so much fun to forget about what was happening before. You will likely get some choice looks from customers (smile back).   more »