When someone is yelling at their kid in public, do you give them a dirty look?

Discipline is important, but not at the cost of humiliating a child. I would never undermine another parent's message, but it is very upsetting to see an adult yelling at a kid in an abusive way. I'm not talking about shouting "get out of the street" but when I hear an adult berating a 9 year-old in a mall.

Someone was doing this with their kids yesterday and it was very embarrassing for the kids and everyone in earshot. I gave the adult a dirty look and subtlety shook my head in an disapproving way and he glared back at me like I was the demon. Asked by PaintedStuff 49 months ago Similar questions: yelling kid public give dirty Family > Parenting.

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I've done the same when it is clearly abusive And it scares me that I tend to see it more and more now. I do remember one time when I was in my twenties and I saw a mother hit her young child (four or five years? ) upside the head in a parking lot.

That time I went up to her and told her that if her son were an animal I would have reported her for abuse. That was in the late sixties or early seventies and the laws were not as protective of children as they are now. Yeah, she glared at me.

What hurts is to think she probably even hit her young boy more after I confronted her. On the other side of the coin, I have been overtly sympathetic you young mothers who have a screaming infant or toddler on their hands. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Funny story to finish this off. My oldest daughter is Taiwanese. I am blond.

Obviously no blood relation (she is adopted). She is 28 and an angel now, but there was a time when she was either on my hip or screaming. One day I was walking by a candy counter coming out of a mall.

Had my seven year old son and two year old daughter (on my hip) with me. Our 'tradition' was to get two bits of nickel candy when we passed that particular counter. On this day, I wanted to buy an entire box for a birthday gift for a friend.So I needed to write a check.

I put my daughter down for a moment to write the check and she immediately started the screaming. Very quietly, and with the nicest smile I had, I turned to the shocked man next to me and said, "I do wish her mother would take better care of her!" For one instant I was able to disown that screaming child and it felt GOOD!

So I really do understand when mothers are going slightly nuts with kids who are quite young and just won't be angelic. When they get older and act like that.....they need punishing, but not in public..

There are ways to discipline a child, and yelling at them in public is not one of them. It is humiliating and demeaning, and I don't understand how a parent doesn't realize what a fool they look like. I think that you were in the right to shake your head.

Yes I do.... Yes, I give dirty looks and I usually look them right in the eyes and comment that it's very inappropriate in public. I have three children ages 2-11 and I know darn well how difficult children can be in public at times, but there is no reason in the world that would make me act that way toward my girls. I actually saw a woman tell her little boy (around age 5 or 6) that if he didn't "shut up" then she would "slap his face".

I looked at her and said "Really classy there" and walked on with my three children. I also have conversations with my children right then about the appropriate way to act in public. I feel that if someone makes it public then I have every right to comment on their actions..

Yes! I can certainly understand somebody being annoyed with a child, but I am always utterly dumbfounded when they berate and humiliate a child in public. Shame on those people!

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It depends... I'm of the opinion that some kids need to be scolded in public sometimes, but yelling at them is a little much. And then if the parents/gaurdian keeps going on and on and on... I would give them a dirty look. I mean, the poor kids!

I think you did the right thing. Sources: My opinion .

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