Why I Refuse to Deal with My Kids’ Rude Behavior in Public

My family and I were sitting at lunch with another family when my 5-year-old daughter got mad. I don’t remember what she was mad about, but it was probably something critically important to a 5-year-old. Possibly the restaurant didn’t have what she wanted on the menu, or maybe somehow I had cut her food incorrectly because my mind reading skills were off that day.

And…

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