To wonder why no one is allowed say a word to anyone else's kids anymore

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In the last week:

My sister has come home from a holiday fuming because the hotel staff told off her 2 kids for tearing around the corridor and making too much noise

Two neighbours have got into a spat because one told off the other's child for throwing stones at a cat - apparently she should have come and spoken to her and not directly to the child

I heard of a shop assistant who has received a verbal warning for telling off a child who was taking the various bread rolls out of their baskets and putting them back in other baskets (bread rolls were different prices, as displayed on the baskets). The mother complained to the manager and threatened not to shop there again.

When did this preciousness about anyone telling off your child, no matter what they're doing, start? When I was a child you'd have got another telling off from your mother for annoying a neighbour/shop assistant. Now you get defended to the hilt.

Isn't it often the case that the parents who don't mind their child being "told" tend to produce children who don't need so much telling?
Yes. Probably partly to do with the message the parents give the children at home. If the parents are anti teachers and always give the message that teachers are horrible and unfair it isn't going to help behaviour and attitude at school.