Hero or villain? Man buys 23 Burger King apple pies to spite screaming child

[avebury]

47. I think you missed the part where the guy did try to

talk to the mother and her reaction was in effect "Don't tell my how to parent my child." And he asked her nicely. Her reaction shows exactly how her son is turning into a self-centered brat who will be in for a rude awakening as he comes across people who will not roll over to his behavior, including being ostracized by other children and their parents. He is a bully in the making. What decent parent would want this child to come into his/her home and to play with his/her child?

Yes he did not have the right to parent her child. He did, however, have the right to buy as many pies as he wished. And the mother, as well as her son, faced the consequences of their behavior, because her behavior was just as inexcusable.

I used to do childcare at a local church. The minister's children were typical spoiled children but could not come close to how bad the youngest child of the couple who oversaw the childcare program. He was the most obnoxious brat you could ever come across and old enough to have been taught good manners, how to play well with others, and to put iy plainly - become a decent human being. His mother got pissed at me because I refused to cater to his bad behavior, and I wasn't even mean - just firm. I refused to allow him to be a dictator to the other children in my room. His behavior was dictatorial. I made sure that every child had an opportunity to pick what game to play for part of the time. Anytime he did not get his way, he threw a temper tantrum which did not move me one bit. I just tuned him out. I was the adult in the room and I was in charge and I refused to cave. I was probably the first person to ever say no to this child.