Did I done the right thing?
By Mamagee
@Mamagee (392)
Malaysia
August 17, 2008 9:27pm CST
Yesterday I brought my 4 children to a restaurant for dinner. There's something happen I want to share with you all. It is about a mother with 4 children(3 girls and a boy) sitting next to our table. I'm sitting behind the mother. While we were eating, the boy keep on disturbing my son. My son seem don't care about him. He push my son and my son still don't care about him. After that he push our table. Than I scold him and warn him if he do that again I'll knock his head. I'm so regret that the mother is pretending don't know anything. After that her son talk to her with their own language(Sikh) which I don't understand. And than I saw the boy argued with his sister. The sister saw me scold the boy. I don't care about that. I've prepare my words if the mother try to say something to me. What kind of mother is that. She even didn't say anything to her boy for being misbehaved. What I want to ask you all is if I have done the right thing by scolding the boy.
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9 responses
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
18 Aug 08
Yes you did th right thing. The little boy had no right to talk when your son was and he also had no right to therten to him him or push the table either. I feel like you did the right thing. Parents don't seem to punish their kids like they use to/
@cindy2003 (196)
• Australia
18 Aug 08
You did the right thing. The other parent should have done something and i see that as a sign of arrogance from the other mother.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
28 Oct 08
Well, I am not sure what I would have done, but I think you did the right thing by scolding the boy since the Mother was not paying attention or caring about what her son was doing. But it could be she had been taught to not say anything, and that will end up hurting her son in the end. I would have also had to confront the Mother when her son was acting up as well, unless I knew for sure there was a Language barrier there as well. At least the girl at the table said something and maybe the Boy will be punished enough to learn from all of this as well.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
19 Aug 08
well,i have not seen anything wrong in what you have done besides its funny the way some people bring up their children but i would have been very upset if the mother had come up to challenge you for scolding the boy,besides the mother may have had so much on her mind you may never really know,pressures within the mind cause people to act in some very unreasonable manner but you did well to scold the boy at least you didn hit him that would have been misinterpreted by some people whoi dont know what was happening.
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
18 Aug 08
Since that boy disturbing you and your children I think you have the right to do that. If I were you I will confront the mom and tell her that her son is disturbing your dinner with your family. You and her are moms, you have the right to protect your son as well as she has the responsibility to scold her son because of he's disturbance towards your son.
I agree with you...
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
18 Aug 08
Hi Mamagee,
[i]I guess it was okay but I don't also understand the mother of being insensitive about the situation!
ANyway, I am sure the sister was the one acting like the mother there![/i]
@shrashira (438)
• United States
18 Aug 08
You did the right thing.
If it were me I would have scolded the mother too. But that's just me.
Children need to learn to behave. I am tired of seeing children act like that.
@mitija (82)
• United States
18 Aug 08
Yes you did the right thing. I have seen a lot of mothers letting their kids do or say whatever they want without setting them straight. Good for you for saying something to her son and doing what the mother should have done the first time he started messing with your son.
