• Avoid shopping if your young children are tired and hungry. In fact, try to avoid shopping if YOU are tired and hungry.
• If it is available and you like the idea use internet shopping, have your groceries delivered.
• Create a list and be organized so that you are not in the store any longer than you need to be.
• Give yourself enough time. Children feel stressed when they are rushed, and this is when the behavior starts to go downhill. I used to try to rush up and down the aisle with my 1-year old trying to break the shopping world record. One day I asked myself, "What are you doing?" CHILL! I decided to slow down. If that meant letting her having a 'turn' at pushing the cart, or stopping to look at the doggies and kitties on the packets in the pet food isle, then that is what we did.  We were both less stressed and happier at the end.
• Let them play -okay- I can hear you thinking, "What is she talking about?" What I mean is that children are more likely to be cooperative if what they are doing is fun. I remember spending one whole shopping trip with my two-year old daughter and her friend crawling behind the cart as cats. As long as I stayed in character ("Here kitties."), they would do what ever I wanted.
• Shopping is filled with great learning opportunities. Try these phrases out: "Could you get the yellow packet, please?" or "See the one that starts with 'B'?" or "We need the square box."
• Tell your child ahead of time what type of behavior you expect.  Children cannot read your mind. Spell it out for them. Will you be buying them a snack or taking one? Let them know before hand. Do you want your children to take turns at putting items in the cart?  Let them know.
• Involve your child in shopping by helping to look for certain items, placing items in the cart, and crossing off items from the list. Children love to help. This tip can also help the fussy eater. If a child has helped to choose a food, then she is more likely to eat it.
• Take snacks and drinks to avoid the inevitable hunger pangs at the sight of all that food. I always took snacks for my daughter when we went shopping because I never wanted her to get into the habit of expecting something every time we went to the store. I do now occasionally get her a treat, but she doesn't expect one every time.
• To keep your child safe, stay with them at all times. Keep them seated when in the cart.  If they are young enough, or keep standing in the seat, use the restraint.
• Visit the toilet or do a diaper change before you get in to the store. Now I know this does not always work. If your little one needs a change or to go to the toilet, then just leave the cart near a check out, and tell a staff member you will be back. Don't get angry - as frustrating as it is because, as the saying goes - when you've got to go, you've got to go. I could not begin to tell you the amount of times this has happened to me.
• Remember to praise your child for good behavior. For example "I really liked the way you are staying close to the cart today".

Some young children develop a fear of the bath. Try to work out what is causing the problem. Is it the sound of the water going down the drain? Is it the depth of the water? Have they had a fall in the bath?

• To encourage kids to get a good scrub in the tub let them have special toys that are only for bath time. They can be as simple as measuring cups, funnels and spoons or one of the many bath toys available in stores. Put in only a few toys at a time and rotate regularly.
• Think about the toys your child already has that may be good for bath play. For example, when my daughter was three (and hated washing her hair) she had so many little ponies that we kept a couple for bath time – the thought of washing their manes and tail would entice her into the bath for a hair wash.
• Get in with your child - they are less likely to resist if you are in the bath too!
• If your child is not too dirty - skip bath time for a night and just wipe face and hands.
• Experiment with water levels. Some children are more comfortable with only a little water in the bath (remember to only fill the bath up to the waist of your smallest child).
• Try different times of the day - if your is child tired at the end of the day and you think this is contributing to the bath refusal, change bath time to another time in the day eg before or after nap time.
• Change the scenery - when my daughter went through a stage of hating bath time we tried washing her in the laundry sink and she loved it.
• Take your child out of the bath before you empty it if you feel the sound of the water going down the plug is part of the problem.
• A few drops of food coloring used occasionally works wonders for getting a reluctant child into the bath.
• Remember that while children are playing in the bath they are learning. Wonderful math and science concepts can be explored such as measuring, estimating, sinking and floating.
• Allow plenty time for playing and if they don’t want to linger get them out after a quick wash.
• Incorporate bath time into the bed time routine - children thrive on routines and like to know when things are going to happen. For example if bath time always comes after dinner and is followed by stories children will learn what happens next and will be less likely to resist.
• Another idea is to play music, sing songs or tell stories while they’re in the tub. This is an added incentive that encourages many children to enjoy this time of day.
• And lastly, if you are the parent that works during the day – this is a wonderful opportunity to interact with your child. Play, have fun and don’t forget they are only little for a little time.

These great tips and more are from the highly acclaimed book The Triumphant Child - A practical guide to raising 2, 3 and year olds.