And, as a childfree person, I'm not surprise that that is an idea of yours, heart.
Why should Whatever have to put up with other people's children grabbing at her in public?
My parents were able to train me to act like a human being in public and not an out of control monkey and believe me they had some serious dysfunctions, but at least they could teach me the basics of getting along in a store.
I have no sympathy for people who cannot train their children to keep their hands off other people. I mean this is simple, basic boundary respect. If they cannot manage this type of basic parenting, they had some serious delusions about their fitness for the job.
Perhaps you'd be a parent who couldn't believe that your children had done wrong?
If I didn't bother to try and train my children and I allowed them to run free and loose with other people's persons and belongings, I'd deserve whatever criticism was pointed my way.
I don't even get where you are connecting the two points here. I was saying that people who either cannot or will not bother to properly train their children have done those children and society at large a disservice by having those children. Now where in that philosophy does your logic come up with that I'd think my children could do no wrong? My children could only understand the world as I taught them to understand it, their mistakes would be my responsiblity to teach them to learn from.
But most of this behavior is habitual for these children. They've been taught no basic respect for others.
Like my neighbor, I am telling her that her child is invading my privacy and also playing in an area on MY property that could be dangerous for him and she can barely concentrate on my words, she's so fatigued (or drunk or high?) that she's fading in and out, irritated. Tells me that she's lucky when he'll obey on *important* issues! This person is not able to cope with parenthood. This person should have self-evaluated before hand. Period. End of discussion.