Should Retail Worker's Be Able To Ask Parent's W/ Unruly Kids To Leave?

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I manage a women's accessory store in Queens, NY where much of the merchandise is easily broken. Everyday I have parent's come into the store who let their kids run wild, knocking things over, pulling on things or screaming like little maniacs. I have, on several occassions asked people to leave the store because of this. Most of the time I get attitude from the parent's and applause from the rest of the people in the store. When my daughter was a toddler I would voluntarily take her out of a store if she was being disruptive but I've noticed that parent's these days feel that their kids can do whatever they want and I will not tolerate it in my store. I've had parent's call my higher-ups and complain, trying to get me fired. When I explain what was really going on (the kid running laps in the store and knocking over expensive displays or banging into other customer's) I've been told that I did the right thing. Now, when a disgruntled parent calls my head office they don't even bother to ask my side of the story anymore because they know that I use good judgement in such situations. If you were shopping somewhere with your child and they were destructive or disruptive would you leave voluntarily or would you have to be asked to leave? If you were shopping somewhere and someone else's child was an irritant would you leave the store or ask the staff to do something about it?