I have disciplined other peoples children, because if the other child is hurting my own children then I will not stand for it and they have to be told - no question. Its tough if the parents dont like it, I will not have my children being hurt just because another child wants to misbehave.

I believe that no-one but the parents have the right to discipline a child, not even Grand parents. We need to stop taking Parents rights away from them and give them support. Let's stop giving Parents mixed signals, let them raise their children.

If parents don't keep their kids in check at my place, I let them know I certinally will. I didn't move items from my kids & I won't do it for others.
Narelle.

People need to be aware that a child may actually have some kind of disability and a 'tantrum' may be as a result of this. In some situations my son who is autistic has had a meltdown in public despite anything I might do for him. The looks from others and comments can be hard to take.

it is completly wrong wrong wrong to discipline someone elses child.We do not smack our children and they are quite well behaved .As they are only 2 & 4 if they were to play up i would be horrified if someone even a family member came up and gave them a smack.It is not their position and it is wrong

No One has any right to disciplin my child except for me ! And lord help anyone who tries .. the difference is that I have taught my child right and wrong & respect for others so you would never need to in the first place. If you have an issue with the child go to the perants and ask them to leave.

If the child was in my home or I saw that the child was doing something wrong I would point it out to the parent & if the parent did nothing about it then I would step in, Because I do believe that discipline should come from the parents.

It is totally unacceptable for someone to hit a child, especially a stranger. If a stranger was to hit you because they did not like your behaviour it would be called assault - why is it any different when a child is concerned. If you're not happy with a child's behaviour approach the parents.

When diciplining a child it should be done in love, a stranger cannot possibly love that child and for a stranger to dicipline a child is from anger and not unconditional love. It would have been better for the nurse to restrict the child and place him on a seat and rather dicipline the parents to control the child. To say that the Parents were distracted is rubbish, they had time to make a complaint to management didn't they?

certainly not. i agree some children behave badly in public but their parents should be approached not the child, i have 2 kids and i would go mental at anyone who smacked my child, nobody has this right especially a stranger i dont care what title they may have eg, nurse, doc, dentist, lawyer.