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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was in downtown Bethesda the other evening and a bunch of out of control tweens were climbing on the chain that opens and shuts a garage door leading to the dumpsters of a business. Everyone was just walking by. I shouted from across the street, "Hey, cut that out. Bad idea. You could get killed." They were shocked. But then -- they stopped.

Seriously, all the people on this thread who think they have a right to tell other parents not to interact with their property -- er, children -- need to realize that those kids are also existing in the real world that they share with others. You cannot control whether or not other people talk directly to your children in the world, and you're not doing them any favors by raising them to believe they're in a portable bubble. It will end, and your kids won't know how to behave and others will ignore them, and they will be killed by a commercial garage door closing on them or choking them to death. But hey, no one spoke to your precious kids.[/quote]

That is QUITE different from what OP is describing.  She was settling disputes in aftercare where there is already an adult who is in charge.  You were preventing kids on the street from doing something dangerous.  I'm sorry you can't see the difference.

I have no problem correcting behavior in my house. Presumably, I know the parents well enough and they agreed for me to watch their kid for a period of time.  That is NOT what is happening at school or aftercare. [/quote]

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