You know what I’m talking about. Flagrant disobedience. Not a care for the rules.

So when you’re out in public and you see this kind of reckless behavior, what do you do? Do you intervene or let it go?

My rule of thumb: I only interfere if the child or other children are in imminent danger.

Other than that, what’s the point? You’ll only alienate the parent. Come on! If they wanted to do things differently, don’t you think they’d be doing them now?

If you give your two cents’ worth, do you think it anything will change? I don’t think so. Not the child’s behavior. Not the parent’s parenting style.

So what do you think? What do you do in a similar situation?