To have told a woman with her kids to mind her own business

[Woolythoughts]

Travelling on a train, sat at a table of four seats. Opposite me was a woman with one of her kids and her other one was next to me. Once next to her was a toddler and the one next to me probably about 6/7.

I was happily sitting there watching a box set on the ipad with head phones in. US drama with bits of violence (guns, shooting, fights etc) and a bit of sex (Homeland for those who know it).

She asked me if I could turn it off as it was unsuitable for her son sitting next to me to watch it. I think he'd been watching the screen and made some comment to his mother from what I could gather when I took my headphones out.

Told her not a chance as it was not my problem.

Then, about 20 minutes left to go, was killing time playing candy crush - again with head phones on.

This time she asked me not to as her kids wanted to play it and she didn't allow it and it would upset them.

At that point I politely suggested she pay more attention to what her kids were doing and less to what I was doing and I'd do what I wanted.

She seemed to think I should modify my behaviour because of her parenting choices.

if im doing my job right my kids would have been occupied by their own books or screens and not remotely interested in whats happening around them

Seriously? Ha ha ha ha. Children are naturally curious. Have you never observed them in public looking around them?

Haven't read the thread as too long. Op should have turned the screen away from kid for homeland. Candy crush request from mother ridiculous though.

This thread has found its way onto the Rail forum - mainly made up of people working in the industry:

www.railforums.co.uk/threads/viewing-material-on-ipad-whose-right-wrong-and-would-the-btp-get-involved.169655/page-2

Mmmm unsure about the Homeland thing.

Personally I'd have watched something else if I thought a young child would be able to view it. Reminds me of one time I was on a plane and I wanted to watch Game of thrones but I wasn't sure that the parents of the child behind me would be too thrilled! So I watched something PG instead.

If I was the child's mother, I'd have told the child to stop being nosy but I wouldn't have asked the OP to turn it off altogether. I think she was kind of rude in that regard. But perhaps the OP should've been more aware of the kid.

The candy crush thing is absolutely ridiculous. Pushing her luck I think.

RailUKforums is awful.

Just saying...

Also, should it be forums or fora?