hi to all The behaviour of children/teenagers has been described as becoming out of control in recent months, with binge drinking and violence their new hobbies. This Morning and GMTV have both focused on this subject in order to find a solution to an increasing problem. What interested me was the point about desciplining other peoples children, I will give you an example. If you are out with your child and their friend and this friend begins to misbehave, is it exceptable to tell this child off in the same way you would your own? Would you be angry if another parent was telling your child off? Its an interesting question, where do you draw the line. When I was younger if i was being naughty then I was told off by who ever was looking after me. What does anyone else think?
I usually speak to the parent or family member of the children i'm looking after, and ask what they see is appropiate disipline if they are displaying 'negative behaviour', then I tackle it they way they are used to. Just make sure you explain to your child/children that is the way the friends mummy/daddy 'tells tham off' and if they answer why... a simple because we are all different, and that makes the world alot more interesting.
I think that you should most definitely discipline the another person's child, if they are rude or display inappropriate behaviour. I would not shout or scream at them, merely point out that the kind of behaviour they are exhibiting is not nice, and that you do not like them to behave in that way and mabey have a word with their parents about it.
Some parents can get quite confrontational or aggressive, and their behaviour can be worse then their child's. If my child was behaving badly I would agree with somebody else discipling them. How are they going to learn! As a child I was told off by other parents if I backchatted, I learned never to do that again! I feel that in todays society people are afraid of upsetting a child's self esteem by discipling them, and instead wrap them up in cotton wool.
