To confront rude teenager who shouts at me in front of him mum on the school run?

[skeletonbones]

Twice this week a teenage age lad has shouted rude comments at me when I have been doing the school run ('freak! freak of nature!) the first time I wasn't 100% sure it was dirrected at me but today it definately was, today his mum did tell him off for it. So far I have completely blanked the boy, and wander if this is the way to go, not to give him any attention for his rudeness, or if I should tell him that I think he is very rude to shout at me in front of my children and should keep his opinions to himself if he does it again.

Sounds like he might have SEN to be shouting in front of his mother. In which case you are better off just ignoring.

Agree, best not to retaliate or tell them/him what you think.
You dont know the background - maybe SN?
If hes just a rude yob type, id still stay clear of him. If you ignore him he may get bored of it, whereas if you bite back, he may be more inclined to take the piss.

Maybe. if he does have SEN it wouldn't bother me with the shouting, because I could explain to the children that this boy has SEN and it makes him shout innapropriate things.
On the other hand he could just be badly behaved and I don't want my kids to think its ok to shout at people like this.

Aah, but you will also be teaching them another valuable lesson, that by ignoring him, not becomming upset or angry shows that you can rise above it.
Of course its not always appropriate for your dc to retaliate maybe to an older boy in the playground etc. By reacting they/you can become targets, an easy wind-up.

Yes its a fine balance between becoming 'an easy wind up'and having more of the bad behavior for reacting (I remember boys in my class talking gleefully of adults they wound up so that they would get mad and 'give them chases'-not that I'm about to chase this lad about with two kids in tow lol) or a pushover for not saying anything and then this kid will keep doing it.

I reckon hed get bored if you ignored him.

Wave at him and smile and yell something like "You're looking really nice today."

Or you could opt to go with something like "The blue moose flies at dawn." or "There is no spoon but I recommend the soup."

Totally confuse him

I'd go straight up and ask his mum if he has SN. If he does, she will be pleased you asked and to know there is one less person judging them wrongly. If not, ask her why he's hurling abuse at complete strangers (blank him completely throughout this.)