Public domestic?

[Tainbri]

I was shopping today and my attention was drawn to a mum going absolutely ballistic at her (6yo?) son. I have absolutely no idea what the lead up to this was but it was the mother that made me look round, not the behaviour of the boy. When I looked he was hanging his head in shame, she was shouting. I just can't get it out of my mind. I thought it was none of my business but it's niggleing me. AIBU?

My toddlers never ran into the road because they didn't get the opportunity to do so. They were on reins, holding my hand, or in a buggy. No toddler should be unsupervised in the vicinity of a road.

Every day I see parents walking along with pre schoolers way out in front of them, the children run ahead and the parents call out "wait for mummy/daddy" but the reality is that if their child didn't stop (and many don't) they are too far away from them to keep them safe. The ones who's toddlers do overstep the pavement or cross the road without stopping, are the ones shouting at their child "what have I told you about going on/near the road". And yes, there are plenty of parents who say "oh yes she/he is fine, they know not to go near the road". Children are unpredictable creatures and just because they normally don't doesn't mean they sometimes won't.

It is not a toddlers responsibility to know about road (or any) safety, it's the parents responsibility to make sure they are safe. And if you already know you have a "bolter" then there is even less excuse for not having a plan.

My username? I don't have kids, I have children

"The punishment was worse tgan the crime" - but you say you don't know what the crime was.

justdont (sorry don't know how to properly tag people?!) I was standing at the sink on the second floor of a 3 floor house, so wasn't on the ground floor, I just stood there in shock. Could have chased her up the road but fuck knows how that would have gone down. I've been thinking about it ever since, if I see her again I might casually ask her what nursery she uses, that I'm looking for one? then go and tell em.

she was shouting. I just can't get it out of my mind. I thought it was none of my business but it's niggleing me. AIBU?

A mum raised her voice at her child. Quick, call, the police!
Do you really need to ask if you're being unreasonable? Of course you bloody are.
What is it with all the judgy mum comments on here lately?
You have no idea (none) from your screenshot of the moment when she was yelling as to what led up to it.
Granted, it may have been uncomfortable to witness someone shouting, but there's nothing to say it was something to dwell on.

the vocabulary I witnessed and that exactly it

See, you never even said that in your original post. Obviously if someone's effing and blinding or calling them names, that's not on.
You said a mum was shouting. Big woo. (Sorry, I'm not 5 really lol)
Mums do that sometimes when their buttons get continuously pressed.