Woman shouting at nephew soft play

[MJandKB]

We went to soft play today for my DD birthday, my nephew was shouted at by another mum for 'hitting' her child, He is only 18 Months old turned round to him crying his eyes out and the woman says 'he smacked my child so I'm just shouting at him' little does she KNOW her child had already smacked my DD but because her child was only maybe 12-18 months I obviously ignored it !!! Is it normal for other woman to think it's acceptable to discipline another persons child?when I told her her child had already hit my DD she said 'oh it's cause he has just started nursery' like it's acceptable ?? Then her and all of her friend were staring at us and talking about us so my DP started kicking of. My Nephew has problems with strangers as it is and was very upset for the rest of the day....

I don’t think shouting at anyone is acceptable. I also don’t think your DP kicking off is acceptable either and sets a worse example to your nephew than some stranger (or their baby) acting inappropriately.

Kids hit each other in these places, it doesn’t mean it’s right and it doesn’t mean other people should shout at them (although I would happily “tell off” a strangers child, I certainly wouldn’t shout). But you can’t go around arguing with other adults, at least the kids have an excuse, the adults should know better.