piccolopat
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Of course its not. My point is that a child may presume that it is acceptable to join the performer, because they've learned from experience that joining a piano player is indeed acceptable if not applauded. If the performer does not appear to mind, which seems to be the case in the OP's story, the child (and parent as well) may not view it as a problem. Certainly not the problem that the OP and other thought it was. I certainly would not deem the child an obnoxious, undisciplined brat based on that experience alone, but again, that's just my take.
The child may not have known better, but the parent should have known that unless invited to participate, the child should have stayed a part of the audience. Apparently we have very different standards as to what constitutes acceptable behavior in public.