"Flight attendant focus on the family, grabs kid away from parent"

Examiner ^ | August 28, 2010 AD | Mariano Grinbank

[MarianoApologeticus]

The flight attendant's actions, however, set off an intense debate: When and how should bystanders intervene?
"We live in such a 'mind your own business' and `I'll sue you for getting involved' society that I feel we're afraid to stand up sometimes for the right thing," said Jen Reynolds, 38, a stay-at-home mom to 15-year-old and 16-month-old boys in Sandwich, Ill.
"We don't want to be yelled at or told to butt out," she said. "The flight attendant is definitely my hero."...

[TheWriterTX]

To paraphrase, "Evil will rule when good men let it."

If we spoke up more often, acted more often, less evil would be allowed to fester and grow acceptable in our society.

[ez]

This happened to me Sat night. A small child jumped on stage and started playing with the guitar player’s $500 floor pedal. His mom grabbed his arm and pulled him away. Several minutes later I saw him spriting across the floor, intent on tweaking the pedal he had been denied earlier. I reached out and grabbed him by the arm and told him NO.

I’m glad she took it well...

[Immerito]

It’s good that she was willing to discipline her kid and permit you to do so; too many parents these days don’t make the effort of consistent discipline.

The mother in the article, in contrast, ought to have spanked her child on the rear; striking a toddler in the face is abuse; a well-deserved swat to the bum is not.