JM I would have seen red over that incident and called them out on it. I hate that type of behaviour in kids. Years ago when L was only 2ish we used to go to the Rugby to see BIL play every now and then and there was this one family and they were total ferals and the father played and the mother would scream like a banshee from the sideline telling him to 'KILL 'EM KEV!" (I kid you not LOL) and their children were equally feral and their youngest would have been about 4 and he was a shocking bully and would throw things at the other kids or hit them and I had a gutfull of watching this kid hurt the other kids (including mine) and none of the other mothers ever said anything - which completely baffled me - so one day I went up to him, removed him from the sandpit and told him that if I saw him hitting any more kids I would smack his backside. His mother came over and looked like she was going to say something and I got in first and told her she needed to control her child because everyone was sick to death of him hitting their kids. She didn't say anything to me then because everyone was watching us by then LOL. And last year there was this girl in the same netball team as my girls who was really sly with her bullying - that nasty, and spiteful bullying that girls do - and I kept calling her out on that too. Little witch thought none of us knew about it. I think it is the reason why she isn't playing this year because her mother knew I was coaching them and she knows I wont stand for that type of crap. She's the type of mother who's kids can do no wrong and is mouthy herself. People probably don't like me for doing that kind of thing but I don't give a **** - I can't sit back in good conscience and just watch that sort of thing happen to any kid. Even during one of the semi final game's L's footy team played last year I told the team off at half time because while I was taking pics of the kids, I could hear them bag each other out on the field if one of them missed a kick or something. Just call me the champion of the bullied and harrassed LOL