“He’s Not an Idiot”
Some parents’ ideas of right and wrong are really mind-blowing. When this storyteller worked at an after-school program, they once witnessed a student pull out a lighter and try to set their own shirt on fire. This was especially concerning because the kid was only nine years old. He should be nowhere near a lighter!
Obviously, our storyteller confiscated the lighter and handed it to the student’s mom during pick-up time. Instead of the expected concerned response, the mom got mad at the other adult for confiscating the lighter. The lighter belonged to her, so our storyteller had “no right” to confiscate it. It’s kind of concerning that this mom didn’t see any issue with her young kid bringing fire to the school.