No she made excuses for their behavior. She may have kept trying but ultimately if none of that works, you leave. You do not subject other people to your kid's bad behavior and when you go back you prepare better for the outing...make sure they are well rested, well fed, with plenty of surprises in a bag, not just abook, for several kids
ETA...that seems to be the advice given on the how to discipline in the park thread...if your kid is acting up, you leave, even if it means one parent or the whole family needs to take that time out...well the same applies for the laundromat, the restaurant, the movies and grocery/Target type store.
I know right! Did some people not read the posts!
I would always say to my DH or friends when I was following thru with consequences for my children's misbehavior - well now I'm screwed as well! LoL. Why? Because it was no fun listening to them cry or carry on in their rooms or have to leave the mall, restaurant, yep park! Wherever! But when they don't listen that's what you as a parent do! It's not fun!
And if you and others would actually read the posts on this thread you would see that none of us claimed to have perfect children! But we do have a problem with (what I call) lazy parents not parenting their children! The attitude of - oh well, I don't care if they're bothering others and misbehaving!