Never in my life have I really seen an unruly kid in a restaurant, store or other public setting. I know they exist, but it’s never bothered me. Occasionally I have crying kids in Walmart, but something is bothering them. Most of the time I see parents taking sick kids out into public. They are either forced too, or just un-empathetic about it.
Even when I was a younger man, kids in the restaurant never bothered me. I’m told I was meant to be a father all my life.
But no, my kids do not deserve, never will deserve, some stranger coming along and treating them poorly. Never. I wouldn’t do it another, and I wouldn’t tolerate it done to mine.
Now a few years ago I caught a big, dumb guy beating the snot out of his daughter in a store because she grabbed at a box of cereal. I cold cocked him so hard that he just hit the floor. Another father gave me a pat on the back and told me to run - “I didn’t see anything”
Thank you.