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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would discipline the child in front of my friend. Honestly if it's that bad then I have no shame doing so for the benefit of others. If my friend then decides I'm too much of a square then the situation fixes itself naturally. Either the behavior improves or we see less of each other.[/quote]

An additional upside to this is that you're modeling appropriate language for your DD, rather than condoning the girl's behavior with silence.

I have definitely intervened when other children are acting up in our house and their parent has not addressed it.  Things like:

"Everyone plays together in our house."  (When DC1's friend was excluding/taunting DC2)

"We do not jump on furniture in our house."

"Please keep the food in the kitchen."

and yes,

"Excuse me?  Is that a nice way to talk to [DC]?"

Do I address every little thing?  Of course not.  But when a friend is getting out of hand and breaking a "house rule" that we follow consistently in our house, then yes, I do intervene.  I want to show DD that the rules apply to everyone, and also that it's ok to speak up if someone is crossing a boundary.
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