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I had the same thing happening to me with child #3. Nothing worked and I feel like it is inappropriate behavior that she tries especially in public. No amount of any kind of punishment worked. I refused to offer her fun things or reward her for the bad behavior. Then one day she did it at home to my mother. My mother simply made her way to the bathroom with her and put her in a cold shower clothes, shoes and all just for a few seconds. It worked like a charm and she was not harmed by it but very shocked. She stopped throwing the fits when I reminded her about the shower. In public I had a mister, not a stream sprayer, and we would mist her face with cool water. We did not soak her just a mist. She HATED it and stopped the fits just enough to get her out of the store and in the car. It is normal behavior but the end result is the parent has to win without harming the child physically or damaging the child's spirit.