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I wouldn't use the word "reprimand" but I'll tell kids to stop throwing sand, or be careful, etc.  The other day at the park, I had to convince a little girl (the mom was chasing another kid) to give M back her bucket. I didn't care that she was playing with it, but we were ready to leave.

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Originally Posted by ruthie 

Only if they are doing something dangerous.

 

But now if they are on my property or in my house and their parents won't make them behave, then all bets are off and I will say something to the kids. And if their parents say a word to me, then the parents get a earfull too. 

This is me.

If the kid is just being a brat to his mom, it's her problem, not mine. If he's in imminent danger of severely hurting himself and the parent is close by but just not watching closely enough, I will say something along the lines of "If you slip, you're going to crack your head open." and make sure the parent sees and hears me as well.

At my house, kids are expected to follow my rules, and if they don't, I will park their little arses on a chair and refuse to let them get up until their parents are ready to leave.

Not with a parent there, I don't think (I can't remember!) The only way I would with a parent there if the parent wasn't paying attention and the kid was doing something to my kid and my kid couldn't handle it (I'm taking when ds was little, now he stands up for himself).

However, I was at ds baseball game and this situation came up - not a discipline, reprimand thing.  A grandma (very attentive) was watching a baby that was furniture-walking.  Grandma looked away for 2 seconds but I was watching because the baby was so cute.  Well baby was about to knock her head on the pointy end of a metal bleacher, because she was furniture walking and very unsteady.  I ran over and put my hand over the corner of the bleacher and said something (not to the Grandma) like "Oh!  Sharp corner."

Grandma went and got baby and gave me a sheepish look.  I was only trying to help baby not knock her head into the pointy metal bleacher.  Afterwards I wondered if I should have done that.  But geez I would have wanted someone to do it for ds.  I certainly didn't mean Anything by it towards the Grandma.  But I still felt bad about it, that I might have made her feel bad.  But at least baby didn't get clunked into a pointy bleacher end.