The destructive mentality of a young brat

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I was in a large supermarket the other day, when I noticed a young boy, squeezing and popping the bubbles on some cling wrap plastic wrapping, that was bundled into packets for sale, on a display table, in the centre of the store. He was having a great time. He must have been around seven years old. His father was standing there not saying anything to him about what he was doing. The shop assistant working nearby stacking the shelves tried his best to look the other way, and ignore what was going on too. Even I thought that it was none of my business to interfere, and to say something to this destructive little kid. If I had said something, probably the psycho-looking father would have bashed me. That's how it mostly is these days. I was very annoyed though as I often purchase this product to package some of my books with when I sell one on the internet. What if I had bought one of these half-destroyed products? What can be done about this destructive mind-set which is infesting all of our young kids with itself, at an earlier and earlier age these days? Where does this destructive mindset come from, and what can be done about it? Such destructiveness breeds itself in an individualistic society, which only thinks of itself, and of nobody outside of that self. The only way out of this demise, is to return to respecting and loving others, thinking of the consequences of our own selfish ways, and stopping ourselves from behaving destructively in our minds first, then preventing it also from manifesting outwardly in our lives too. At this early life stage, as in the case of the young boy in my story above, we need guidance, and discipline though to help us to see what we cannot see, because of the way we have been bred and fostered by the society norms, fears, and conditionings.