Would you be offended by a child looking at you while spitting out food on the floor?

This lady sounds like the typical busy body that feels the need to insert herself in to any and everything she sees. And her inflated ego (for whatever reason) has made her feel as if it is her duty to express her opinions. I wouldn't worry about it. Kids are kids and this lady sounds no better than most kids.

If your child is a toddler, or a very young child, then she was in the wrong. If your child is over four years old, then you are.

Once a child can talk and feed itself, it should know not to stuff its face and have to spit food out.

I suspect the lady was as disgusted as I would be, and would bet we are roughly the same age. I was born in 1965, and by the time I was four, I sat at table, ate with a knife and fork, and sat still and quietly while the adults around me finished their meal and had a nice long conversation. I was not an etiquette prodigy -- when I was growing up, this sort of behavior was normal and expected of young children. These days there is all sorts of hokum and gibberish about how kids should be allowed to do whatever they want, to nurture their artistic streak, or wonderful free spirit, or whatever other B S dumb adults can come up with.

I would probably be offended if I saw him spit the food on the floor, but I definitely would not say anything either to the parents or to anyone I was speaking to on the phone, that is just rude.

The woman clearly had issues, needed attention, has never had a child, so doesn't understand. There's a lot of them out there that think it's ok to say whatever they like about you and your parenting. When I was a young mother, my son always acted up at the checkout when we were waiting in line, and would scream for gum or what ever temptations the stores put there on purpose and one time this woman turned around and said WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THAT CHILD???

I wish I would have dumped yogurt on her head or something.

You can be as quiet as you want to but spitting food on the floor is gross and if I saw it I'd have the dry heaves. Get over it. It's not like this lady said anything to you directly.

YOU need to stop listening in to other people's conversations, or at least to stop obsessing over every stray comment everyone near you makes, as though it MATTERS.

No, it had nothing to do with his looking at her. It had to do with his spitting food out, which isn't the proper way to get food from one's mouth to somewhere else.

Why are you obsessing over this? You're not ready to be a parent if every tiny thing any stranger says freaks you out.

Sorry. Spitting food on the floor is intentional and gross. Unless your child was in a highchair, he is old enough to know better. Are you in the habit of spitting food on your dining-room floor or in the dining room of friends who have had you over for dinner?

Accept responsibility for your son's lack of manners; teach him if he needs to remove food from his mouth he needs to either put it in his napkin or spit it into his plate, NOT on the floor. What is WRONG with you that you can't see that?

U should have said sorry and picked it up. Your child made a mess u clean it

Annoying beetches R everywhere. Trying to sound important. Trying to tell the world that the sun shines outta their @$$! ...ur kid has character, I bet hers dont. They're just dull and boring, average brain, average life. Your kid is cut out to do something special! He's his own and he doesn't care about the others. That's cool. Just dont let him do it too often. It will make nosy people think you need to parenting lessons! :D