The YTA people are unhinged. Unless it's a child under ten accidentally grabbing the string, you're gonna get a fistful for trying to untie my f*****g clothes you absolute psycho.

"Do you really want to teach your daughter to use violence if someone trues to undress her without her consent?" If you think the answer is no seek help right now.

The YTA comments are wild. Definitely NTA. Either way, if one female nipple was exposed the mom could be charged with indecent exposure, and I have yet to hear of a boy being charged with sexual assault for undoing a swimsuit off a lady. Someone needed to teach those jerks a lesson. It certainly wouldn't be their parents.

"Do you want to teach your daughter violence is an option?" Yes. That's what the spray on her keyring is for. Violence is always going to be an option for my daughter when people abuse her. She has a right to defend herself. As for the kid... what did he think was going to happen? What did his parents think was going to happen? I also have a son... if he grabbed someone's bathing suit strap, I'd be next in line to slap him. That's absolutely unacceptable.

Difficult question. Yes, violence against a kid is not okay, illegal and the legislation vary from country to country. What's considered self-defence in America is considered assault in other countries. That being said, who knows what could have happened if you hadn't stopped it before it went further? I wouldn't take the chance. A 15-17 year old boy is often physically stronger than a 35 year old woman. The act of untying the bikini was an attack, maybe not physically, but an attack nonetheless and has to be treated that way. A slap is not damaging and a natural reaction to sexual harassment. I would have done the same.

The boy was 15-17 a minor in name only and if it were Marijuana charges in a red state he'd be tried as an adult, entirely NTA that teenage sexual assaulter is and his parents are huge ones

The sexual predator teens are ash soles, and so is the "husband" and the water park. The woman is in the right, and she's teaching her daughter the proper message: NEVER TOLERATE SEXUAL ASSAULT. [ ............................. ] To any ash sole feebly attempting to defend this, what if it were the daughter's top? What if it were a gay man pulling the drawstring on the husband's shorts? Would any idiot "defend" either of those?

Yes, you ARE going to teach a kid to not sexually assault you by slapping them, AHs ^^ And her daughter learned that it is not acceptable behaviour from the actual AH in this story.

My guess is this was knee-jerk self-defense. Would the woman even had had time to register how old this teen was (or that he was a teen) since he did from behind?

I could not fathom doing that to someone... he needs a kick in the d**k.

A teenager of that age is not a child anymore, they need to know better. Husband should have punched him. This woman is surrounded by a******s.

the YTAs need few slaps

A 15-17 year old is no longer a "child" if they're taking physical action to sexually assault someone in public. Probably even old enough to be considered for charges as an adult in court.

I warned an employer about her young son (8 at the time) who was beginning to show troubling signs like touching girls inappropriately, grabbing them, pushing them etc. I strongly suggested she seek some psychological counselling for him. She considered his behaviour as just kids being kids. I heard on the grapevine that he was expelled from that school (and another since) for the same thing. Still no counselling. A clear pattern of escalation that will end, I'm afraid, of someone being SA and his behind landing in prison. The parents in this story REALLY need to wake up and act like parents and not continue to enable this behaviour. Overreact? Not on your life. I would have kicked him in the balls.

I hope the kid's parents sue. That way there will be an official court record of the sexual assault for their son to be formally charged. Since the victim has to pay for a lawyer anyway, she can countersue for damages and lawyer fees.

NTA…everyone else is wrong. Your husband is an a*s for even suggesting you over reacted. Let the teen’s parents come for you, you’ll have (rightfully so) their little growing predator knocking on neighbors doors announcing himself for the rest of his s****y life.

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I'd be asking Dear Hubby: "So, you'd be ok with some teenage girl pantsing you at the waterpark? Same thing as that kid untying my top." There is *nothing* going too far to defend yourself against SA, male, female, all of us.

This woman's HUSBAND thinks she overreacted?!! My husband would have punched that punk's lights out and then called the police himself! Woman needs to ditch the subhuman piece of garbage she married!

I'm not litigation-happy, but I would be pressing charges against the kid, trying to press accessory charges against the parents, and I'd sue the park for kicking me out over stopping a sexual assault.

If he had been my son, I would’ve slapped him too and made him publicly apologize to OP. No way would I allow a child of mine to assault another person.

NTA and I may have slapped the parents too for not teaching their kid to be better than that!!

Her only mistakes were not using a closed fist and not having him charged for sexual assault. Just because she defended herself doesn't mean his actions are excused.

At least one person here mentioned that it's unlikely that this is the first time the teen has done this. It would have been interesting to go over ALL of the security tape and see how often this kid had assaulted OTHER women and girls at this water park.

You were being sexually assaulted. Going to Court could result in ds having a record. A slap was a very very mild response. A knee to the family jewels would have been the correct one for me. If ds acts like this in public, what does he do, and to who, in private?

If that would have been my wife I'd have held the little sod and told her to slap some stupid out of him or some sense into him, and thank his luck stars it wasn't me doing it. Never mind all this "Violence" BS, what about his poor action leading to a re-action? What was he expecting? A clap?

Wtf. Just a slap? She should have done way more. That's sexual assault. If that boy doesn't learn now that it's not ok, he's gonna keep adding to that behavior.

Just imagine the court official who spent his life studying the law to end up judging a slap. A slap ffs.

He was lucky. I don't slap. Neither does my old man. Yours kind of sucks though🙁

She should still talk to the police even if the parents don't go for assault because those boys need to learn that that sort of behavior is criminal. They won't stop unless the fear of god/police is put in them. It's predatory behavior they are displaying, it's not ok at any level

Grab his d**k with all your might and say want me to pull to? Now go away.