On 7/27/2015 1:31 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

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>> The parents were apparently oblivious. How you can tune that behaviour
>> out is a mystery.
>
>
> The parents probably got upset that someone dared to deal with their
> kid. I wonder about the reaction of a mother whose kid I spoke at a few
> years ago. A mother was having a hard time dealing with her kid. He was
> jumping up and town and crying and screaming. It would have been bad
> enough from a three year old but this kid was about 12. I spoke in a
> very loud voice "Stop whining". He stopped and looked a little stunned.
> The mother should have been grateful, but you know what some parents
> are like these days. I was probably the bully who verbally assaulted her
> child and who has ADHD. autiism, PTSD or something that they use as an
> excuse for him being a childish brat.
>
>

Couple of times in the supermarket kids would be running wild. A firm
"HEY" stops them in their tracks. I'd never touch a kid but I'm not
about to get run over either.

Comes down to poor parenting.