[two23]

"I have one of those children that throws temper tantrums. One of my suggestions to other parents is to go ask the parent if they needs help.

I don't think I could ever interfere in a family matter in public. It's difficult to tell who would welcome a round of support and who would punch me in the eye! But the little boy who was trailing behind his mother in the grocery store and having a whining hissy fit, got the "you better hush it, bud" look from me and his mother spun around FAST because it stopped. I just grabbed the canned pears off the shelf and put them in the cart! ("Who me?????")

[wardaddy]

You could offer to help the frustrated mom with her grocery bags while she tends to the business of dealing with the hellion.

I would never interfere beyond that unless the child has pulled a butcher knife off the rack or something of an emergency nature like that.