Mom Turns to Facebook to Make Amends for Kid’s Rude Behavior

When a mom learned about her daughters' disruptive behavior at a movie theater, she took to Facebook to make a public apology.

As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to accept that you can't control what your kids do when you're not there. For years I received phone calls about my son doing things that I was absolutely ashamed of and I would beat myself up over it  because I wasn't there to ensure that he was behaving.

Once I was able to accept that he was going to do whatever he wants when I'm not there, it made the apologies so much easier. More importantly, I felt compelled and responsible enough to apologize. If you have kids, you know how hard it can be to have to say sorry on behalf of your kids, but at least you're strong enough to accept your child's short comings and do what you need to do to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Not a lot of parents are capable of that these days. You see a lot of parents making excuses for their kids, they ignore the behavior or some take it to the extreme by publicly shaming them on social media.

Here's an example of a mom who used social media to punish her children by doing good. When Kyesha Smith Wood got wind of the fact that her daughter and stepdaughter were reportedly disruptive during a movie, she took to Facebook to apologize.

After being shared over 4,000 times on Facebook, the message did end up reaching the woman who confronted the girls in the theater and she was very pleased; saying that she was touched by the gesture because not a lot of parents care that much about how their kids behave these days. I agree.

I was so happy to see that things ended up working out for both families. This is parenting done right.