who was being unreasonable? stranger told my son off (shouted in his face)

[FindingEmo]

I'm not sure if the woman was unreasonable or if i was.

It is my son's 3rd birthday today and we went to a theme park to celebrate. Ds2 had fallen asleep in his pushchair so dh stayed with him while I queued up for a ride with ds1. Behind us was a couple with a little girl probably about 6 or 7 yo. Early on ds1 said hi to her and she didn't reply so after that he ignored her. It was near the end of the day and he was tired so held him most of the time but towards the end he got excited to get on the ride and got down. The girl was stood by the barrier looking through a gap and Ds went up and stood by her and tried to look too. The girl moved and ds only being 3 followed her and they both tried to look through a gap again. Obviously i was close by as we were queuing. All of a sudden The woman leans down and yells no don't do that just inched from ds face. Ds starts crying and I grabbed hold of him. Straight away I yelled at the woman for doing that to my son and she said well no one else was going to tell him off. I asked why he needed telling off and she said ds had bitten her daughter. I didn't see it and id been watching them also the girl hasn't reacted at all, no crying saying ow or even moving away. I told the woman she should have told me if she saw ds doing something she didn't like and I would have sorted it. We both yelled for a bit (she got right in my face) until i turned my back on her to end it and she didnt try and continue it. I know my son isn't an angel and can be naughty but as far as I'm aware he didn't bite the girl but even if he did was I wrong to yell at the woman for shouting in ds face. He sobbed for the rest of the queue, luckily he cheered up when we got on the ride.

I'd have shouted, very loudly, if my child had been bitten by a child who's parent clearly wasn't being a responsible parent.

STDG. I'm one of them children will children. One minute they're playing next minute they're squabbling. And while you're still getting worked up the children are playing together like nothing happened.
They do bite hit scratch and push each other. If you were going to get worked up over it. You'd be in for a miserable time
However I do appreciate. Not every is like me.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius agree. Everyone can say they would be calm but when faced with that situation would put their child first and probably react first when seeing their child bit in the face.
Squiggle put it perfectly.
Did somebody really post "i'd ask if they forgot to take their pils" really?

So, Awlook - if another child bit your nephew on the face, you wouldn't be bothered - or even a bit cross - because 'kids will be kids'? Really?

awlook
I must say, your ideas about children seem to be rather strange.

I was actually a bitey child. I once bit a child (it apparently bled, not that I remember) because she took one of my toys . Yes, behaviour likenrhe amongst toddlers isn't uncommon, but it certainly shouldn't be tolerated or condoned.

My father once bit back, I never bit him again. Sometimes a shock is good for a child. There's a time for being reasonable and nice. It isn't always...
I completely stopped biting people when my cousins refused to play with me (unless I promised I wouldn't).