The application of common sense says that if this kind of thing is going on in public, something far more serious is going on in private.
This is obvious red-flag behavior. If the man don’t want the nanny state up his ass, he shouldn’t be delivering them an engraved invitation.
No it doesn't, that is a non sequitur. Far more likely is a case where the father just ignores her and lets her run rampant. That's why she shows no discipline when they are out in public.
Abused children are frightened of their abuser, and will not make a spectacle out in public.
This is obvious red-flag behavior. If the man don’t want the nanny state up his ass, he shouldn’t be delivering them an engraved invitation.
It is sufficiently abnormal that the man should be advised not to do it, preferably by a local police officer with common sense enough to realize the man is likely foolish, but not necessarily dangerous to the child.
I've seen worse, and nothing bad ever came of it. I've seen women that would smack a child so hard the child would fall down, and the child grew up to be well adjusted and still loving their mother.
If you think that what this man has done is bad, you probably don't know many poor blacks or poor whites.
People nowadays are way too mollycoddled and pampered compared to what came before.