Child disciplinarian

Those who know me well knows that I have come into contact with countless kids. Those who grew up with me will also know that I spent a lot of my childhood times taking care of my many cousins. All on my dad's side, because I was nearly the youngest on my mum's side, but nearly the eldest on the dad's side. And in the next stretch, I spent much time playing around with the nieces and nephews, children of my cousins on mum's side. 

And so, I have thus established myself as a sort of disciplinarian when it comes to interacting with the kids. I can fool around with them, play myself silly with them or perhaps do stupid things to make the younger ones laugh. However, when the kids misbehave, I tend to assume the adult role, especially evident in the second half of my life. I will scold them for misbehavior and insist that they do the correct thing.

I am suddenly not sure if that is the correct thing to do. Granted, my cousins/aunts/uncles don't exactly berate me for disciplining their kids, but I'm not really sure if they will think the same. I often ask myself if I would want my kids to be scolded by someone else, and every time I will end up with a yes under certain circumstances. But should I take my own opinion as the masses'? Somewhat.. Confused.

All I know is that if I have to discipline my own child in front of an audience I certainly would not want anyone to interfere or become a shelter for the kid, so I've always stood far far away when relatives discipline their own kid.