I agree with the other ladies ~ I can keep my mouth shut about many 'varied parenting values and approaches' that inwardly I may be raising my eye brows at thinking 'wow that is going to wind you up with a world of hurt down the road allowing that' but only until their child becomes a threat to me, someone else or someone's property and well than all bets are OFF and I would be stepping in!

I would have no problem saying to the parent, family or stranger, that allowing their child to HARM another person or person's property has a legal term .... harming another person is called ASSAULT and harming someones property is called VANDALISM and eventually BOTH come with a criminal record and until that child is old enough to be accountable themselves the PARENTS are held responsible for that child's behavior in a court of law ... perhaps they will take being sued for damages or bodily injury for them to get their head out of their arse!

I do not GET why parents allow this kind of behavior from children ... it doesn't matter how old you are if it is a behavior that is socially unacceptable or ILLEGAL you STOP IT and use behavior modification to CORRECT IT from happening again you do not EXCUSE it as 'oh they are only wee and did not know better' .... when are they ever going to 'know better' if you keep excusing their behaviour cause later it will be 'oh they were tired' or 'oh they did not sleep' or 'oh the child wasn't sharing and that is why angelic little Sally chopped her hair off with the scissors' ... the excuses just keep getting more creative