OHhhhhhhhhh you tell someones child over here what to do the parents beat you up!

Sad state of affairs, but true.

The parents are as undisciplined as the kids. (me and mine included! heheh)

Seriously though if the wrong mum here heard you do that, they would have belted you one. Not all are like that, many are though.

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would call that an admonishment, not discipline.

be that as it may Dr G, you would still catch a klonk on the jaw here..... ouch!

My daughters (20) partner has an 8 year old girl that she plays mum to, the neighbour said something to the child (about being careful not to scratch his car or something), the partner went over there and knocked the bejeebies out of him and yelling racist abuse at his family.

I was shocked to say the least when my daughter related the story to me. Horrified at his behaviour and at my daughter for living with such a man. He was arrested though and charged. Serves him right. *wishing I could my daughter away from him*

You just never know how people are going to react over here. The neighbour was well within his rights to say something to the girl, she was kicking up gravel next to his car. I certainly would have said something if I were him.

Nah, if I wasn't standing there it is perfectly fine for you to correct my kids....as long as you don't reach out and put your hands on them since you are a total stranger to them.

My daughters (20) partner has an 8 year old girl that she plays mum to, the neighbour said something to the child (about being careful not to scratch his car or something), the partner went over there and knocked the bejeebies out of him and yelling racist abuse at his family.

Now that's just ignorance there! But this is how some people react!


If you said that to my kids QOD I would not be upset. Truthfully I've practically said the same to kids who are around me and misbehaving or something. I really don't see anything wrong with that. If it was a more biosterous group then I would have gone to the Librarians as they would be the one to do something about that, especially if the parents are around.

If someone reprimanded my child while I was present and fully capable of dealing with the situation, I would not be pleased.

What if you didn't see what they did?

I agree with Tova...NEVER put your hands on my child.

Oh, I'd never touch a child unless they were stepping in front of a moving vehicle!

Though, some parents, I'd love to give them a "klonk" or two.   

think it would depend on how the person approached the problem. If I'm two steps behind my boys and you see one of them wipe a booger on the table, I would be perfectly happy with

HAHAHAHA.

I'd just laugh at that Tex and give him a wink.

Our little secret...more room out than in!

Sometimes I have the urge to discipline an unruly child in public...but I don't. I just never know how the parent would react if they saw me doing this. But I've been tempted so much to do it. I think how you handled it would be pretty much like I would want to: firm but not overstepping your boundaries.

Two words: cattle prod

Nope that's a bit over the top of any child I seen

They wet their pants anyway so who'd notice?

BTW, 8 and 9 year olds SHOULD know full well better than to act like that in a library. (And who the hell would leave them there ALONE?)

BTW, 8 and 9 year olds SHOULD know full well better than to act like that in a library. (And who the hell would leave them there ALONE?)

See, and that's one of the things that concerns me about our society. We demand that a parent feeding their children rice and beans to save a few bucks is somehow harming their child, but we turn a blind eye to parents who drop their kids off at the library door then disappear for half a day (or, worse, just shrug the kids off and send them on the way to the library because you don't DARE interrupt when Rosie's ranting on "the View". The latter children might not have all of the material luxuries of some of the others in society, but the former children more likely than not will discover a lot of wrong choices before they discover the right ones because there was no adult present to guide them.