To feel a bit weird about punishing someone else's child?

[startwig1982]

My dniece had her birthday party at the weekend with about 20 of her class there. They had an Olympic themed party with lots of different events: musical chairs, statues etc
Although I missed it actually happening, my Dsis later proudly told me that she'd put a boy on the naughty step for trying to make someone move during sleeping lions.
I thought this was a bit over the top and not really the right thing to do, but not sure how others felt about it. I'm not sure I'd be happy with someone else disciplining my child like that.

Agreed, the naughty step is one thing, but smacking is a whole new level and is so far beyond acceptable, I wouldn't even consider that! Can you imagine if you child came home and said that they were smacked at a birthday party??? I would be

Telling a child off for doing something unacceptable and dangerous is perfectly OK. It can be done firmly but fairly.

Imagine being put on the naughty step at a party
I wouldn't put my own child on the naughty step at a party, never mind someone else's. Bet no-one shows up next year!

Depends what the child has done. "making someone move during sleeping lions" may have been the proverbial straw after he'd been upsetting children the whole time.

If my ds was upsetting another child, party or no party, I would be thoroughly supportive of a parent who put him on the naughty step. It would also give him a chance to calm down, which he sometimes needs during parties.

During his own party, I took him outside for 5 minutes to calm down, he knew he needed it and asked for it. It meant a happy party for him and his guests, before I took him out, he was getting very over excited. If it had been another person's party and I wasn't there he would have just steamed up as he wouldn't have felt able to ask for the break.

I thought the whole point of sleeping lions was that people who were out went round tickling etc to make the other lions wake up?