> Your child should not be allowed to scream, yell, and throw a tantrum in public while the parents just laugh and say "ohh kids will be kids" bull shit. If I d

> Your child should not be allowed to scream, yell, and throw a tantrum in public while the parents just laugh and say "ohh kids will be kids" bull shit. If I did that as a Child.. well lets just say I would not have been a fun time. I don't disagree with you. However, the tools that a school administrator or teacher have at their disposal is limited. You can kick a misbehaving child out, but that doesn't help the child. You can fine the parents--who probably don't have the money to pay the fine anyway. You can put a parent in jail--that's not necessarily going to improve the situation. You can take the child away from the parent--but, man, the number of times that improves things borders on non-existent. So, what do you do to force a parent to start taking responsibility for their misbehaving child if they aren't already? I certainly don't have any good answers.