Am really upset after a visit to the park yesterday and wanted to know how I could have handled this situation better? So, it was our first trip to the park with our 2 week old and an understandably touchy 2 year old. A boy of approximately 4 years was pushing and shoving lots of other kids and his parent/carer was saying...absolutely nothing at all to him about it - not even a feeble 'stop it' - this was winding my husband up so when the child finally punched ds in the face, my dh shouted 'oi, stop it' - admittedly fairly loudly. The child was totally unbothered by this and punched ds once again so dh shouted again. He couldnt physically remove ds as he had the newborn in his arms. I actualy thought he was shouting at our ds and ran over. saw how upset ds was and gave him a cuddle. The child went off (quite happily) with parent/carer - who had still said nothing. Then another woman had a massive go at me (?) and said my dh should not have shouted at the other child because 'thats what children do' and that my ds was a 'total wuss' - grrr wd u say that if he was a girl? Our point was that yes children do that BUT that the parent/carer should acknowledge, even (gasp) tell their child off for doing so?? I'm really shaken by what happened and would welcome opinions. My dh could have perhaps spoken to the carer but I honestly dont think that she was prepared to do anything about it. I am quite protective of my ds, especially at the moment, but dont think 2 punches in the face should go without comment?!