Right?? I hope everything was okay for her!! It'd probably ruin my day if some smart ass five year told me that... Hopefully it didn't ruin hers..

Shame, your life must be so sad if you'd be so negatively affected by a 5 year old's comment. And one that isn't even yours! Kids will be kids and sometimes it can seem like they've just come down from heaven, and other times they seem to be straight out of hell. It's not really an issue of "controlling your child", which is basically impossible. All you can do is discipline. After the fact. At the age of 5 they have so many outside influences that it's really not fair to assume it's the parents' fault. And judging by how mortified the OP sounds, I don't think this is behavior they encourage.

What if the old lady was in there because of her husband, and he didn't make it? I sure as hell wouldn't want ANYBODY to tell me shut up because I was crying about it.

107 that's exactly what I was thinking. I know if my kid said that I'd drag her by her arm to the bathroom and whoop her ass right there.

If it irritates a kid then they are gonna say what they feel. Kids dont always know what's going on and how bad a situation is. Kids will be kids, punishing them or beating them won't stop it. Sure, she didn't have to yell it but I don't blame the kid. Ik a lot of people, no matter the age, that would say shut up or be quiet.

72 and 144 You'll be thinking that I'm sure when you're sitting in a hospital waiting on news of a loved one and someone, pint sized or otherwise, tells you to shut up. The woman nodded that she was ok so as not to make her problems public to a 5 year old who may not understand or possibly even be frightened of them. If I were her I would be even more upset not only at the rude comment but at the parent had they not acted to correct the child. No, it isn't bad parenting skills when children say things like that, they could have heard it anywhere, so no you can't control your child while they are still learning socially acceptable speech, but you CAN control the teaching of socially acceptable speech by working with your child on what is ok to say, what isn't, and disciplining them should they slip up in this sort of scenario. Doesn't sound like a parenting pity party, but op could have made the child apologize as well as apologized to the crying woman herself.

107, my thoughts exactly!

I feel I should clarify my comment. When I said "your life must be sad..." I was specifically talking about Kelsey_Katie, not the old lady. The fact that something awful must have been going on for her to be crying in the waiting room of a hospital was not list on me. I simply meant that if

I just meant it would be pretty silly to be upset by such a comment from a child outside of that kind of situation and I took her to mean that it would ruin her day in any situation. (sorry, I accidentally hit send before I was done) *lost

217, you really don't like me, do you?? Everytome I state an opinion or a thought, you go off and find a way to basically say it's wrong..