Self-consumed &$*@&

[Subvet642]

If you had called 911 on your cell phone when you saw the child, she would have learned her lesson when the police returned him to her. Sadly, that is the safest legal course of action. As an added bonus, if she got mouthy with the police...

It's a shame that neighborliness has become a social offense.

[longknocker]

Good Job, Adam! I Think You Handled It Perfectly, Brother, & Maybe The Mom Realized She Screwed Up Royally, But Was Afraid To Admit It?

[dijit]

Originally Posted by longknocker

Good Job, Adam! I Think You Handled It Perfectly, Brother, & Maybe The Mom Realized She Screwed Up Royally, But Was Afraid To Admit It?

Having experienced many parents like this myself, IMHO you did exactly right. Unfortunately society today has created parents that even when they are wrong are taught to be aggressive and defend themselves when someone tell them they screwed up even when doing so in a polite manner in front of their children. I think it has to do with embarrassment and butthurt in public. Good job brother.

[AdamJoshua]

Originally Posted by dijit

Having experienced many parents like this myself, IMHO you did exactly right. Unfortunately society today has created parents that even when they are wrong are taught to be aggressive and defend themselves when someone tell them they screwed up even when doing so in a polite manner in front of their children. I think it has to do with embarrassment and butthurt in public. Good job brother.

This is why I basically said I don't expect a thank you but you owe your son an apology (and some a prize .. ice cream..game.. something right) and just left, hopefully she said she was sorry when I wasn't there so she wasn't embarrassed by her cluster**** and she will be more aware in the future, it really has nothing to do with what I did, I like to think it's what anyone would do even though I was obviously proved wrong but you still like to think it. It was more about, in that instance, what a shitty parent she was.