Then how is it your place to judge OP? You made a comment about another person just like OP did. People have a right to speak their mind. Some keep it quiet, like a wimp, and some choose to just not give a shit what others think of their opinions. So either be a coward or be heard.

107, except that OP said the comment behind the mom's back. And then posted an FML after she realized the comment might be passed on...very courageous. I'm all for speaking your mind but don't be a bitch. Tell them to their face

Yeah 'cause people really have nothing better to do than get into arguments with random strangers. That woman sounds like a crazy bitch. I would not confront her, I don't need that drama bullshit. OP said something to the cashier, who should be able to do something about that woman making a scene. Even if it was her sister.

Agreed! I have two and a husband who is deployed all the time! We all have bad days! Poor lady..... Can't even go to the store with out being criticized .

The lady is PHYSICALLY ABUSING HER KIDS IN PUBLIC, swearing loudly around paying customers, and her damn sister is not doing anything about is. She has a right to judge since she is being a bitch in public, I mean who goes to a store where you sister works and SWEAR AND REPEATEDLY SLAP their kids with people around who might be willing to call the authorities on them? I guess you're being the stuck up ****, since you can't see the side of the employee...

Poor LADY? Excuse me, but that is NO lady. A lady doesn't swear at or slap her kids to discipline them. The kids went that wild from learning how to act from their mom. If that is how she conducts herself, it is no wonder they were acting up.

I have a kid! He doesn't always get what he wants and he behaves well! Some parents just don't know how to raise a child!!!!

You idiot! I have 2 kids, i don't give them everything they want. And they would NEVER act like that in or out of public. It's bad parenting that gets a kid to act like this. And you never swear at your kids! There are many instances of horrible parenting in this scenario. I would have called dhs!

There is a difference between discipline and abuse. Smacking and swearing at your kids in public isn't disciplining.

Just because she is having a bad day doesn't mean she is an abusive mother. I don't agree with swearing at your kids no. But until you have kids and take them somewhere and they misbehave and your are humiliated , don't judge a mother when you don't know the situation .

There is no excuse to hit your kids, EVER. I don't care how bratty they are being, it's wrong and they don't deserve it.

We are all entitled to our opinions. I do spank my children. Not often, I don't believe in that as the only form of discipline but i do spank them. I will not be a doormat to a three year old and disrespect in my house is a no no. And children aren't "bratty" either. They are kids. She is wrong for calling them brats. They are being kids!

That's right, they are kids. You are their mother which means they are supposed to trust you and be safe with you. If you can't discipline without physical abuse then you must not be a good mother. There are better ways to deal with disrespect. I have a child on the way and I refuse to make the same mistakes my father made.

I will judge a mother when they act like that in public. If she is treating her kids like that in front of people, who knows how nasty she is behind closed doors. Abuse could be curbed if people spoke up for the kids when this happens. Before you ask, yes, I was abused as a child. There were signs as well as public displays and no one stepped up for me. I will not ever ignore a parent acting like this because my abuse could have stopped if someone wasn't too chicken shit to act when they saw it.

cmars3 - I think you're being a little narrow-minded here. Not all children deserve spankings, and not all children who were spanked grow up to be psychopaths. Some of them, myself included, grow up to be well-adjusted adults who still love their parents, despite the spankings. Some children just don't respond to timeout and conversations. Telling someone that she isn't a good parent if she can't do it without spanking is short-sighted and petty.

I agree that kids deserve to be spanked. But there is a line between abuse and spanking. Spanking isn't intended to bruise/hurt/maim the child, it's meant to teach a lesson. I was disciplined as a child and I'm about as normal as they come. People now a days are way to sensitive about disciplining their children and the kids grow up to be assholes. The op's story is obviously abuse though.

Would you rather have your kids listen to you out of respect or fear? Spanking doesn't make them respect you, there are better ways and if you can't think of any, there are people who can help.

Probably a brat yourself

mask - circular logic much?

I was spanked as a child and I turned out fine. There's a difference between spanking and abuse.