if he carries on.). Whilst I personally would approach the parents directly in the first instance, I would have no qualms with putting someone's kid into their place if they cannot do it themselves. Nothing physical of course. Approaching parents who have the "Oh my little darling would never do that" attitude is rather pointless. Not suggesting that is the case of the OP, but it is quite common. If my kid was in the wrong, they would get a kick in the pants and rightly so. Whilst I personally would approach the parents directly in the first instance I would have preferred he did the same. Unless he or the school brings to our notice that my son is not behaving at school, how are we supposed to know? Instead of giving us a chance to talk to our son and address the issue he went ballistic towards my wife and son. When I called him over the phone to talk it over, he was not willing to listen to what I was saying instead accusing my wife of being a liar and my son having gotten bad habits from us. Lastly, he started linking my sons behaviour to the bashings of Indians in Melbourne, saying that Indians get bashed because they don't know how to behave. Btw, my son is half Indian. Hmm...most blokes natural reaction would be to give it back to the bloke harrassing his missus. The guy has a legitimate greivance BUT he chose to