We are at center parcs and I saw a man, who I think was the grandad, whack the child's ear because in the mans mind the boy didn't listen to what he said about crossing a road.
The boy screamed out in pain and burst into tears whilst saying "my ear hurts, my ear hurts" and I saw red and raised my voice to the man and said "you don't hit children" he then retaliated by saying he didn't hit him. I said "I watched you, you hit him" And then the woman/granny was having a go at the boy saying 'you don't listen, you don't listen" justifying the man's behaviour!
The crossing was absolutely tiny, there were absolutely zero cars anywhere near and the boy had stood beside them the whole time
To be whacked on the ear was absolutely unnecessary.
We had to walk past them and the man looked at me and said "thanks for that"
I said "you're welcome" and kept walking.
As we headed on, I turned to my husband who looked angry with me for confronting the guy but I said "if that's what he does in public, what does he do behind closed doors?" to which my husband agreed. We didn't talk about it again because our two year started saying "hit his ear!" over and over.
So...I'm right aren't I?? To call out hitting a child?!