My feeling is this.... If you want to let your kid act disrespectful to YOU, and you don't care how high he climbs, what he climbs on, or what he does that could result in injury or just act like a monster, while you are at home..... That is ONE THING! At home that is YOUR business!

But inflicting that on others in public is a whole new ball game, that MAKES it everybody's business! To disrespect animals and other people, if you can't keep your child in check... KEEP IT HOME and out of public!

That was one of mine and my friends biggest gripe, we'd go out to have a nice quiet, relaxing dinner to catch up and some kid would be running around screaming while the parents acted like nothing was happening...