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While I generally agree with you, I think this case is a little different from the unruly hellions I end up next to in restaurants and on airplanes. From the commentary on the police report, it's clear this kid is a major handful. He's been kicked out of school, he's got priors on his record for disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer. While mom is clearly not blameless in any of her child's behavior, I can sort of get behind her calling down the full consequences of his actions. If she'd started doing that years ago, maybe things would be different for him now.
A parent's rules should be like gravity. Gravity never explains the rules. Gravity just enforces the rules, universally, immediately, and without deviation. Mess with gravity's rules, you end up on your butt, no matter how much you whine or pout about it. By the time we're 2 or so, we've got that figured out, and we never question gravity's rules again.
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