How do you deal with rude children when they are not yours?

October 15, 2017 11:20pm CST
At some point in our lives - [i]sooner or later[i] - we'll all have the unpleasure of meeting some rude child on our way (and for some reason this child will always try to challenge us in some way ). Either in the market queue, across a street, in a library, at the bus stop, at a party and among so many other places. The question is: How do you deal with them when you have no authority over them?
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• Philippines
16 Oct 17
I'll try telling the kids parents of his misbehaving so that they could lecture therir child.
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16 Oct 17
it's kind of awkward.
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• Philippines
16 Oct 17
@averagejane yes but atleast you did it so that the parents will be the one who will lecture the child. right ?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
16 Oct 17
Oh, I have no problem with telling them to "Knock it off!" @TheInvisibleMan . Then I look at the parents (if they're around) and tell them, "Contain your child or I will."
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@cttolledo (5460)
• Legaspi, Philippines
16 Oct 17
I call the attention of the parents but most of the time ignore them.
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 May 18
I give them the "sphinx look." It's impossible to know what their demons are. " A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds." --W.B. Yeats.
• Guangdong, China
16 Oct 17
I will try to avoid them. If bad situation happened, I will bluff them. For I think it is no use to talk with their parents.
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16 Oct 17
now this is a tough one. I will go and try to the kid's parent or guardian but that's not always a peaceful route . some parents are defensive.
• Philippines
16 Oct 17
yes you're right. but you can try saying it in a nice whay so that the parents won't be offended.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
16 Oct 17
That's quite difficult, as we can't say anything to them. It depends on the situation on what i do..only ignore i can think
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
16 Oct 17
It would depend on one's perception of what defines "rudeness". Unlike adults who are expected to comport themselves in socially acceptable behavior, children's misbehavior does not necessarily mean they are "rude". Often it's their playfulness and curiosity that gets them into trouble in the adult world. We should learn to deal with their "rudeness" at their level. Failing this then tell them you're actually a witch and will boil them alive in a cauldron of hot oil if they continue to misbehave.
@rubyriaz007 (4188)
• India
16 Oct 17
I will make them understand in a nice way,if they don't listen I will ignore them , because their parents might not like if we scold them. So its better not to notice them ..