Okay, that woman was out of line, not you.  I would have done exactly the same thing and I think you did it superbly.

She has issues. #1, She was eves dropping on a conversation between you and YOUR daughter. #2 She openly admitted she happily allows her child to break rules #3 She is happy to teach her child to disregard rules #4 She accused you of disaplining her child when you did no such thing...so she's a boat rocking liar.  #5 She probably suffers from low self esteme as a parent which is why she demonstrated a bullying tendancie towards you.

I would have found an attendant & told him children where climbing all over the prohibated object and gone off to play with somethng else with my child. Her kid is going to end up in jail.  Your child is going to win a nobel peace prize...............You keep fighting the good fight.  What goes around comes around.  I salute you.

I think it was great that you explained to your daughter that it was not right to do it but as the other kids werent hurting your child I think its up to their own parents to stop them. So yes you have no right to tell them off. But good on you for teaching your daughter right from wrong.

Well you don't let the other children know it's wrong, because it is up to the other children's parents to tell them that and to supply them with that discipline and it could cause a big catastrophe, even if you are only being subtle.
With your own daughter here is what i would do if it was me in the situation.
I would simply tell my daughter (once older and in that position to take her) that it is very dangerous to climb on the wet equipment and that she shall follow the rules and do as i ask her by moving to another activity or we will simply go home.
I will also tell her that just because the other children are doing something wrong doesn't mean she can, because if they get caught they will get into lots of trouble!
I hope this has helped a little without raving on too much.

I rolled my eyes and walked away with my child to a different activity but i was not impressed at all!! where they were climbing was extremely slippery due to the water running over it andi just wonder if she would be pointing fingers saying the council needs to make it safer.  This happened at an enclosed playground just a few feed away where a 20 month old baby was left to play unattended on equipment designed for preschool children who had mum or dad (or other adult) close by.  She was with a daycare mum who was drinking coffee at the tables not watching what the child was doing.  The little girl fell, was knocked unconscious and died soon after. The council had to 'fix' the equipment and make it safer for children who should be supervised anyway.  The daycare mum did not suffer any accountability. There was also a near-drowning at a lagoon. A 3 year old was dragged unscious from the water and was resuscitated (sp?) but the mother was sitting on the grass drinking coffee and reading a magazine and the lifeguards were to blame for it!! Drives me nutty.  Parents just don't pull their kids up when they're doing something dangerous or watch their littlies closely enough then blame everyone else when something bad happens.

well most parsents theses day take there kids so they can get peace and quite   . They sit back  relaxs and the kids  do anything .Which  i think toatly wrong i like having fun with my kids

As far as that mothers goes , i would said  i am talking to my child not your so if the shoe fits wear it but thats me

 

Forget about what the other mother has to say.  Essentially, you are talking about an ethical or moral situation.  There is a sign that says "no climbing".  You teach your child to obey the sign.  It's obviously there for a reason. If there are other children climbing notwithstanding the sign then you need to teach your child (as you did) that just because there are people prepared to break the rules doesn't mean that it's okay to do it yourself.  You want your child to be the one who stands back and doesn' t get involved when a bully targets someone at school or who doesn't join in on a rascist joke that he/she overhears so the lesson you are teaching them now is absolutely invaluable.  Stick to your guns. Just by voicing your opinion I can't see that you were disciplining anyone else's child.  It's important to speak up when others are silent.  It takes courage and your child will learn that from you.

if that was me i would just ignore the mum who made that comment, the sighn said no climbing so you told your daughter not to as the sighn says and thats all there is to it (teaching your children to respect sighns is a good thing of cause) and that irrisposible mum neads to get over it

Huh??  Why wasn't she disciplining her child?

I would like to think I would have calmly told her I was talking to my own child and if it applies to her child also then that is their issue.  However I probably would have frozen and then fumed!