Thanks guys for making me feel so much less alone in what feels like my fight against the world, when I am just trying to help my family feel a little better
Anyways, here is my second draft, incorporating the great suggestions I was offered here...

You may have encountered me or a parent like me. A parent that possibly, in your opinion, doesn't know how to control their kid. I'm not saying that every normal looking child that still has temper tantrums past an appropriate age has a diagnosed neurological disorder, like my son does, that causes him to have kind of an emotional seizure. He can go into a primal rage, like an animal fighting for his life, during which, nothing can get through to him. These episodes are made worse by doing certain things like not remaining calm, yelling, and threatening. Those types of things that work for most children, do not for these children. In fact, it can make their fight for survival more intense, more dangerous for themselves and anyone who is a perceived threat to them. Not only do they make things worse, but they do nothing to help. There is nothing that will get through to them, not even bribing. Medications can help, but there is currently no cure. Also, these treatments are not perfect, even with these hard-core medications, they often still have violent, destructive rages that can include attacking anyone and everyone in their path. This is particularly apparent during med trials and dosage adjustments. In childhood, this happens quite often due to growth spurts.
To get through a necessary trip to the grocery store, you have to be able to remain calm, because a simple “no” can bring on an episode of punching, kicking, biting, scratching and other such behaviors. Myself and most parents of bipolar children don't give in to everything, but chose their battles very wisely. If the way the child can get through the trip without a major loss of control is to move around more than the other kids in the store, or distance themselves from the stressful situation by becoming clingy or pretending to be an animal, we don't correct that behavior, because it's not harming anyone, but at the same time, we don't give it any extra attention.
Even when you take your kids to do something fun, these violent episodes can occur. During a recent trip to the circus, I warned my kids that I didn't have any money for anything while we were there before hand. All of the kids understood that and I brought snacks to have in the car before and after the event. During the circus, the one child that has bipolar swung into a manic state, and demanded that he needed to buy something. I firmly stood my ground, and got attacked by my son that was cuddling with me moments before. He was punching, screaming, scratching, biting, and kicking me. Everyone was staring, I told my older children to watch my youngest, and marched him, with his hands held behind his back out the door to attempt to calm him. I didn't want this to become another reason for my other kids to resent their brother, so when he calmed down, I brought him back to our seats. He was fine until he saw my daughter who had her own money had purchased a drink. That sent him into another rage. Thankfully it was near the end, and my other kids got to see the rest. They did walk away with emotional scars, though, extremely embarrassed by their brother's behaviors and hurt by the various reactions of the other patrons.
When people make comments, it not only scares the child later, when he can process what, if anything, that he remembers from the episode, but it also can affect the innocent siblings that may be present. Making them feel even more embarrassed and alienated than they already do. It definitely hurts my children's feelings when they hear or even perceive that some person is believing that their parents are bad parents. At only the preteen age, they can read the expressions on people's disapproving faces just as well as adults can, but don't have the life experiences to just let it roll off their backs when they know that there is a real medical problem that causes the behaviors that everyone is witnessing. They know the truth, because the way that they get parented is extremely different than the child with the disorder. They know first hand that their mom's true parenting nature is tough as nails when need be. In fact, in my daughter's mother's day card to me, the first line was “I like your strict but kind act.”
Please next time before you judge, consider that there just might be a reason behind these behaviors. I just want to raise some awareness to what it's like to raise a bipolar child. The following websites provide some information to not only those who are needing answers and support, but has helpful insights to anyone who cares to take the time to check it out.
www.bipolarchild.com
www.bpkids.org
www.jbrf.org