Do you ever discipline another person's child??!!

I wouldn't have acted how you did. I don't want to be that kind of person wants to do it for the parents.. maybe you aren't either and i just have more patience.. but here I would rather leave the bus thinking what a weird family than leave the bus after telling the kid to be quiet.

if I see that the child is hurting or will hurt my child or another yes I will say something. I can't stand the kind of parents that just sit there and watch their kids act up but they pretend they don't see whats going on.

I've worked in daycare, so I have no problem disciplining someone else's child. i don't care if they don't like it. I won't have someone else child breaking rules in my house. I look at it this way. If my kid was somewhere and doing something wrong I would expect someone to say something to them. Although, you're right, there are some parents that are sitting right there and let their kids be bad. I think that is so wrong. I always make sure my kids act right if we are out somewhere or at someones house. So in most cases, yes I'll say something to someone else's child rather than put up with it.

only if they're really bad or running in the street. i saw a kid hitting an elderly man on a bus once while the parent did nothing.oh yeah,i yelled at him.the parent,too. he was well old enough to know better too-he was just rude.

Yes, I did discipline another person's child once and I would do it again. My son had been into hospital and had a kidney removed. I was walking back to our home and I saw this much bigger boy pushing a stick into the operation scar on his back and laughing because he was crying and frightened of what damage it would cause. I took the stick from the boy and told him I would tell his father. Angry, I felt like doing more, but didn't. His father came down to the house and said the boy had told him I had hit him. I told the father, that I hadn't touched him, just shouted at him and took the stick away and also told the father what he was doing with the stick and if I saw it again, I would do the same. The father understood then and there was no more trouble at all from that boy.

Well to be honest ... Yes I do :). I have a little brother and when he is with his friends, sometimes they get into trouble. Usually I have a private conversation with my brother and I try to explain him what he did wrong or what he doesn't suppose to do. But I can remember some situation in which I discipline his friends but in a nice way .I tried to be good with them . For example they always had reasons to fight so I had to explain them no matter what they shouldn't argue because one of them has I don't know what special gift or toy or whatever . It never happened to my something similar to your situation or maybe I didn't pay much attention because often when I see children with their parents the did a stupid thing i feel like : if his not going to explain his child what he did wrong both will suffer the consequences later. I don't want to be mean don't get my wrong.

First off, that picture is disturbing. And another thing, I don't think it's my job to discipline someone elses child. The parent should be the one doing that. I wouldn't like someone else discipling my child. The only people I allow to discipline my child is my family members. I also don't have a problem with disciplining my neices or nephews. Family is differen. But I couldn't do it so a compete stranger on a bus. That could end up causeing problems and I aviod it as much as I can. I to, also worked in childcare a while bacl, but that was my job to correct a child. I'm there with the kids all day everyday and their parents are working. So I have a right to discipline them, but once the parents are in the rooms, it's no longer my right.

I keep kids in my home so yes I discipline other people's children. The parents like me to do that because they don't want their children acting bad at my house. They actually listen to me better than they do their own parents. And if they are bad then I will tell their parents and then they get in trouble again. But if I'm out in public I usually don't say anything to anyone's child unless I see that they are going to get hurt in some way.

I've only disciplined others children two times in my life. The first time we were at a playground and a bunch of children were there without their parents, they nearly knocked my son over so I told them to act better and leave. The second time was when my sister was sick and she had me watch her kids for a week, I acted as their mother and disciplined them when needed. I believe that it's the parents job, if they aren't disciplining their children the way you want, that's not your problem and should leave them alone. As long as they aren't harming you are your family it's fine. They have to deal with the consequences of having a bratty child.

I don't remember I ever did such a thing. What I believe is, every parent has their own way of bringing up their children and we should not interfere in that. However if a child in the absence of his/her parents are doing some mischief in public place I will try to correct him/her, surely in a very loving attitude. My policy is that we should not interfere in others domains.

I won't hesitate to gently mention something to another person's child if they are in my home. This is my home, my rules. Outside my home it all depends. If the parent is there I usually leave it up to them and ignore it. Sometimes I feel like it's better to say something if the parent isn't doing their job though. At the grocery store one time a boy was mixing up a bunch of items in the freezer case. His mom was just ignoring him so I told him "Stop that. Someone has to clean that back up when you do that." If the parent isn't there I personally think that it's important to help watch other people's children to some extent. I would hope that someone would do the same for any of my boys when I'm not there to watch them! As I was driving home one boy ran right out in front of my car suddenly playing chicken with me to show off for his friends! You can bet that I stopped the car and dressed him down!! Another time a boy with a group of friends in the theater was being very obnoxious, jumping around, playing on his cell phone, etc. I pretty much ignored it till he threw popcorn at some children that were also there without their parents. I felt not only the need to remind this child to mind his manners but also to protect these other children from being picked on. I said "is that the way your mom taught you to behave? Mind your manners before I ask them to pull you out of here!" As we were leaving I saw them get into a car, marched over, knocked on the woman's window, and told her what had happened. I honestly would like it if anyone did the same for any of my children! I don't want them getting hurt or being nasty out in public!!

I have disciplined other peoples children like my cousins kids for the simple fact that they do not listen at all because of that I may smack them on their hands whenever they come over and then start to break everything in the house

Heck yes I discipline other peoples' kids whether they are there or not. All my sons' friends and their parents and I have an udnerstanding. We watch out for each other's children, and part of that is discipline. If they are under my supervision, it is my responsibility. If they are a guest in my house, I state the rules very clearly and if they don't follow them, they don't come back and their mothers hear about it. It's the same in return and palydates are usually pretty fun because the kids know what the boundries are.

How ever annoying it is if the parents are near by and have not asked me/given me permission to discipline their child than I do not. If they have than I do.

Well no not really but I do tell the Parent to control their Child I have done it a couple of times because even though I asked the Parent to control their Child in my Home still did not so I said something then Like touching the Ornaments and that my Children didn't even do that so I don't see why any other Child does

Yes, in my organization women's member have child and their mother tell me to make them discipline when they do not obey their mother's instruction or do not heed in their study or work. Then I have to discipline them in such a way that do not make the child dipressed but obey their mother's instruction and be gentle.

I tried that option but my experience was quite bad.You can't treat other's child as your own due to many reasons.Describing few of them,i begin by saying that the parent of that child mind hat thing a lot and this effects your relationship with the person.Then kids are not trained to listen to others as they are pampered so much.Then it takes a little time to make the kid realize which of course is not provided to you as mother whether loves her child at home or not,in public she loves her very much and this affection is a cost to be beared by you in form of sarcastic remark.

The only time I've ever done it (discipline someone else's child)is when I had someone else's child in my home for a play date. Now that I am a teacher and I work with children who are pre-school age, I find myself doing it again. I try to say things in a gracious, but firm manner to drive home the point. Sometimes kids just need to be reminded about their behavior, and many times they are more likely to listen to someone other than their parents.

I think disciplining the child is well-deserved, even if it wasn't yours. Some parents just can't bother themselves with keeping their kids in line. It would have been great if only the parents of the kids are the one who are affected by the kid's behavior. But as always, bad parenting produce children that are not only a nuisance to their parents alone, but to other people too. So yeah, if the parents would not bother, then it's up to other people who can't help but be affected to do so.

I pretty much agree with all these comments and Augustta you did nothing wrong wat-so-ever. I would have done the same thing as you did. I havn't had any experience with discipling kids but once i have children and they have friends, i won't be affraid of discipling them if they brake the rules of the house. Some parents just don't know how to disciplin their kids correctly and same parents don't even do it at all. Its ridiculous!