"I
observed earlier and example of "how not to parent". I was on a bus
back to Clifton when a boy of about six or seven started to be told off;
he was being a bit mouthy - not rude, just being silly and talking a
little bit of nonsense, as kids that age tend to do. Rather than perhaps
advise him to keep his voice down a tad, his mother instead loudly
asked him if he was stupid, called him stupid and told him to "shut
[his] mouth".
I'm not a parent (yet) nor would I want to tell
others how to raise their kids but that seemed to me like a completely
inappropriate way to handle the situation; I thought it was a gross
overreaction towards a child who wasn't being much of a nuisance, if at
all."
What do you think?
