Anonymous wrote:I think there's a different standard between "behavior I don't allow for my child" and "behavior I correct someone else's child for" Age appropriate has very little to do with it, except for the fact that if an 8 year old were taking the toys, I could ask them not to. But, if they persisted, I'm still not going to get into a tug of war over the box.

Conversely, it may be age appropriate for a two year old to pull up flowers, but if a behavior crosses from annoying to destructive or dangerous, then you can correct someone else's kid. I guess the elevator button pushing is borderline. But, honestly, I'm not going to make a scene about someone else's kid doing that (Unless, I don't know, we were in a hospital or something where the delay could be dangerous). And, hopefully, in as small a space as an elevator, a small childs parents would be right there to notice.

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No to everything.

Is this tongue-in-cheek OP?

I didn't read the thread a PP is referring to.

A thread further down where a mother stopped a two-year-old from taking with the toy bin her baby (9 months) was playing with. There were lots of responses that the mother of the baby should have let the toddler take it away from her baby as it was "age appropriate" behavior for the toddler.

The mother of the toddler stood by and did nothing until her child was in full screaming meltdown.

Funny that OP finds her scenarios similar to the communal toy bin scenario. It's not some slippery slope: they're different.

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Gross. I would make a scene. can you imagine the smell on a hot day if everyone did that?

I didn't make a scene as I didn't want to give anyone else the idea that this was a good idea.

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No one in their right mind needs to be told not to pull up flowers in a public park.

Depending what state you are located in this also may be illegal.

I did watch a mother specifically place her child around some bushes at the Smithsonian zoo to pee even though the bathroom was right next to her. I guess waiting in line was not worth her time so I would suspect that pulling up flowers would not phase this mother.

Gross. I would make a scene. can you imagine the smell on a hot day if everyone did that?

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Anonymous wrote:
No to everything.

Is this tongue-in-cheek OP?

I didn't read the thread a PP is referring to.

A thread further down where a mother stopped a two-year-old from taking with the toy bin her baby (9 months) was playing with. There were lots of responses that the mother of the baby should have let the toddler take it away from her baby as it was "age appropriate" behavior for the toddler.

The mother of the toddler stood by and did nothing until her child was in full screaming meltdown.

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think the question is: if your baby were sitting and looking at flowers in a public park, and a two-year-old came along and started pulling them, would you get into an altercation with the two-year-old?

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Anonymous wrote:No, not a troll, maybe you are. The OP asked great questions, I think.

They're ridiculous questions. Aimed to provoke, although I don't know anyone who would advocate for any of the options by anyone.

Anonymous wrote:
No to everything.

Is this tongue-in-cheek OP?

I didn't read the thread a PP is referring to.

Anonymous wrote:

No one in their right mind needs to be told not to pull up flowers in a public park.

Depending what state you are located in this also may be illegal.

I did watch a mother specifically place her child around some bushes at the Smithsonian zoo to pee even though the bathroom was right next to her. I guess waiting in line was not worth her time so I would suspect that pulling up flowers would not phase this mother.

Anonymous wrote:No, not a troll, maybe you are. The OP asked great questions, I think.