DCM dropped the ball on handling a very teachable moment!

[bright sparks]

hallelujah bright sparks...well said...i would have done exactly the same thing...kept the toy and sent them on their way....this child did not learn a damn thing except to get her own way! Shame on the mother....

I wouldn't go so far as to say shame on the mother at all. We are human and all capable of making less than perfect choices. I think that the mother took the easy route versus the better route. She is human after all. I'd be a massive hypocrite if I judged her harshly based on this.