If you see a bratty child acting up in a store or library what do you do?

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I just scared the crap out of some kid in the grocery store.  He was about 6 or 7, and old enough to know better.  His mother was going to buy him some ice cream and he was screaming at her that he didn't want that kind he wanted this kind.  She just said "I'm walking away now".  She did and he screamed at the top of his lungs and was stomping his feet.  He ran after her.  A little later I was in that isle again and he came running down the aisle all alone and was going to get the ice cream he wanted. I looked at him and very calmly said "I'm going to report you to the grocery police for being a brat, for causing a ruckus and being disrepectful to your mother".  And I walked away.  I saw him later quietly by his mother hanging onto the cart.  When he saw me he looked and looked away.  His mother needs a lesson in parenting.  She lets him use her a door mat and that is not correct.

Kids run around in the library and no one says a dam thing, not the parents or the librarians.  When I was growing up you had respect for others in the library.  People come here to read and study.  You got shusshed if you raised your voice above a whisper.  Adults even talk in a normal voice now.  Kids scream and they don't take them out.  I miss the good old days.

? · Accepted Answer

Ummm it not really your business to tell kids to listen to their mom, sorry. If I see a kid acting like that I just mind my own business....its not my kid, not my problem.

? · Answer

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mikew19532004 · Answer

You should be reported to child services for scaring this poor child psychologically
How can you see this kids high spirits as anything but cute?
Just kidding....The only thing I can do is try to ignore them
You might be able to get away with that..if a guy tried that they would be a bastard for picking on the kid

Livvi · Answer

That's great. I need to remember that. I don't usually do anything. I hate to get involved but if I faced the child alone, like you, I might say something. Never the parent though, that might be dangerous.

Joe · Answer

Haha seems like people just try to mind their own business too much nowadays. Hell I have had to confront a few people in my college library for being loud jackasses and sent a complaint at how poor the library staff handles distruptions.

@Savannah, I bet you let people walk all over you

remoserjr107 · Answer

It all reflects on the parent(s) lack of parenting skills,
It's a shame that strangers have to intervene,.....!!

If you see a bratty child acting up in a store or library what do you do?

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