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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think what the mother did is that bad. She was just trying to make small talk with some children, and got a shocking and rude response back (possibly due to special needs, but we don't actually know that) and she saved her comments for the car. She didn't yell at the kid or his mother. She simply expressed her shock to a third party in private later.

If the child is special needs, I empathize with the mother, and I agree that the child shouldn't be hidden away. If the child is never allowed to go out, it will be difficult for him to learn how to interact with others and behave in public. But then, as part of going out, shouldn't the mother take steps to gently correct him? I'm far younger than the OP's mother, but I would expect the child's mother to model civility by apologizing, or try to explain to the child that this woman was only trying to say hello. Or I would expect that when the mother noticed the woman talking to her other son, she would step in and explain her younger son is very shy and please not address him, to try to head off that sort of meltdown. To be fair, maybe the mother does have techniques and therapies that she will implement at home or in the car when the child is calm. Perhaps what she did was in line with the advice she was given. I don't think it's awful, though, for OP's mother to opine about it, out of earshot.[/quote]

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