Can you ever discipline someone else's child?

This week, one shocked mum spoke out after a stranger told her three-year-old child to ‘shut up’ while he was having a tantrum in Primark. Paula Moosa says her son Charlie was just ‘having an off day’ during the family shopping trip in Hull.

So is it ever appropriate to tell off another person’s child?

Vanessa Feltz says no - she can’t even discipline her own grandchildren without her daughters’ permission. But Clare Muldoon says she’s scolded strangers’ children before - and doesn’t see the problem if they’re misbehaving in public.