i told a boy off at the zoo today mum was not amused , so was i

[Mrsjay]

was at a local zoo today and a family walked towards us , Mum declared the pigs they were heading towards was ugly/stinking/vile so her son picked up a stone and was going to throw it at the pigs , mum said put that down , meanwhile his brother ( ithink ) picked up a stone and i said with a voice your mum said not to do that with a smile , Mum then went on to tut at me , i shouldve just kept my mouth shut sigh

It takes a village to raise a child.

Throwing stones at animals is something you're allowed to tell other peoples children not to do.

Can I gavel that?

Ach, I don't care whether I can or not

etc

People will tell you that Yabu. But I don't think you are. Society would be better if more people worked together.

(hands around some )

Kept your mouth shut indeed!

Too many tutters around nowadays

oh i want to stay in that village again

unless it's a matter of life or death, wind yer neck in

You were not being unreasonable and should not have kept your mouth shut.

I would have said something to the tutting woman which would have made me borderline unreasonable.

Why should she wind her neck in when an animal was quite likely to be hit by a stone?

i just walked on from the tutting woman and i didnt want the poor pig hurt with a stone tbh my neck didnt need wound in ,

I write books but I don't write them by myself. I have a small team of readers, an agent, an editior, then there's the people who work at the publishers, the people who work in the book shops, there's loads of them. Just so one book can get printed. It's the same with children. They have parents but need teachers, doctors, nurses etc but they also need educating and guiding by the other people around them. If we all ignored the children then what will become of them?

Would that go for a child going to throw a stone at a two year old south?

Would you stand by and say nothing in that situation?

nope, yanbu.

I wouldnt watch as anyone, child or adult threw a stone at an animal (or person obv) without saying something.

there are so many loudly judgey women around these days listening to them is tiresome, they sound neurotic

the kid would have probably not even thrown the stone yet instead of thinking or even throwing the stone and learning from it - he was stopped by some old woman moaning at him

i bet for kids it's quite irksome these days

And what happened then? or did you do it on the sly? did mum hear you tell her son off?

he was aiming as his mum was dealing with the other one he wasnt a little boy maybe 9/10 . I guess children are allowed to get away with anything these days , i hark back at the days old monay women told us off {grin]

she heard me because she tutted and hearded her children off i wasnt being snippy i just asked politley that he didnt throw the stone ,

If his Mum just said no and there was any chance of the animal being hit, what's the problem?

I'd sooner someone thought I was a moany old woman that see porky get hit on the head with a stone.

well do what you want but don't be surprised if people don't appreciate it!

of course she didnt appreciate it that was the point of her tutting i dont do it all the time just when missiles are being launched

I was at a local arboretum with a group of friend's and our children were following a peacock around. I called them all away as the peacock did not seem happy and then a couple of boys (not in our group) started taunting the poor thing with sticks. Mother could see but was chatting to a friend in my group. I told them (nicely but firmly) to come sway because they were upsetting the bird and it might attack them. Mother just smiled at them so they carried on. .

Yanbu

You weren't wrong OP, good for you. Recon mum has her hands full there huh {with a couple of little shits} My DS wouldn't dream of throwing a stone at an animal. I damn well hope not.

You'd never know it from reading MN but there are still a few parents who actually appreciate the odd intervention/back up from strangers.

Actually i don't think i'd like mum either to be honest.