I don't know how to respond to this without seeming to validate the implication that because I think LW should not have grabbed this child that I think the children or their mother are blameless or justified in their manifestly horrible behavior.
I honestly don't think you're implying that at all. But I don't know what LW could reasonably have done in the moment, other than grabbing GF's son's hand to make him stop, given the safety risk to the child. Up to that point, GF's kids' behaviour and manners at LW's house were obnoxious, but not dangerous. To me, trying to throw trash into the fire was dangerous and needed to be stopped.
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I honestly don't think you're implying that at all. But I don't know what LW could reasonably have done in the moment, other than grabbing GF's son's hand to make him stop, given the safety risk to the child. Up to that point, GF's kids' behaviour and manners at LW's house were obnoxious, but not dangerous. To me, trying to throw trash into the fire was dangerous and needed to be stopped.