"GUEST, I don't believe I was sneering. Hard for me to teach by example as I had no children with me."

I wasn't directly my remarks particularly at you and the specific situation you described - there were about thirty posts between yours and mine, some of them describing related situations, and some of them not entirely devoid of contempt.

What I meant by the idea of "teaching by example" is, for example, the possibility of engaging the annoying child in some little game - even if it's not your child, and the parents witnessing how their child can be dealt with in a positive way. It takes a village, etc. (I'm talking in general way; don't take this as some kind of personal attack).