This happened a few weeks ago but I have been having ongoing arguements about whether the crazy pinching woman was in the right or not so I am seeking other opinions!
I had taken my 3 children to the local museum. My 4.5 yr old ds was about 10 feet away but out of my sight around a corner playing.
He came to me visibly upset and said a woman had pinched his neck and said in a scary voice (his words) 'Don't push'.
I was shocked especially as there was a mark on his neck.
I am terrible at dealing with confrontations but felt I could not just let this go, so I very politely approached the accused woman. She said my ds had pushed past her grand daughter and she had told him off.
I told her my ds had said she had pinched his neck and there was a mark there, at which point she denied it and walked off.
There is no doubt that she did hurt ds as he would never just make something up out of the blue like that.
I was and still am furious about it, but a few friends and my brother have said they think adults should be able to discipline other peoples children, and that is the problem with society today etc etc.
I totally disagree. What do you all think?