What would you do if you were one of these mums....

[roseblossom75]

A group of children aged 7-10 were playing in a sand pit in a public parks. Their mums were sitting on a bench right by them having a chat.
A mum comes along with her child (who happens to have Down's Syndrome) and starts playing with him.
The parents briefly pause their conversation and watch the child for a while.
The children start laughing and pointing saying loudly "Aaaarrggghhhh!!!! Look at his freaky face!!!! Get away from him!!!!".
The child is thankfully blissfully unaware of what they are saying, but the mum feels it best to remove her little one from the situation.
The other children's parents watch in silence and say nothing. Then resume their own conversation while their children carry on playing as though nothing happened.

What would you have done in their position?
I'm just asking out of interest more than anything.

Ahh I’d have been mortified. Thankfully my DC go to school with a boy with Down’s syndrome so to them, it is normal. I would have got down to their level and given them a stern telling off about how we do not point out other people’s differences etc. I also probably would’ve apologised to the Mother.

I'd have been mortified. I'd have made DS apologise and I would apologise too. Then I'd take him home for a BIG chat about SN.

But DS is unlikely to do that with a SN child (hopefully!) as he's had several SN children in creche with him since they were babies as well as a few SN /disabled relatives so he is comfortable around people having additional needs.