Mom Teaches Son An Important Lesson About Trick Or Treat Greed On Halloween

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    Font - Font - AITA for making my son pass out the candy he got from trick or treating because he was being rude? My son is 9 years old. We went trick or treating like we usually do and the night was going well except when we got to a house that had a bowl of candy sitting on the porch It said "Take 2 please". He puts his whole hand in there and grabs about 6 pieces.
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    Mammal - Of course I corrected him, and made him put 4 of them back, explaining be needed to leave some for the others. From then on he had an attitude, and the last straw was when I told him to stop grabbing so much candy from people and he screamed "No!".
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    Organism - We had only been out for about an hour so I took him right on home. Took his candy bag, dumped it in a bowl and told him to come sit outside on the porch with me. He objected of course, as kids came by and took handfuls of his candy. He complained they were taking too much and I told him that he shouldn't have done the same then.
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    Font - Font - His father came home from work, asked why he was in his room crying, to which I explained why. He said it was really cruel to give away the kids candy just because he was taking a little too much. I said he needs to learn to not be so greedy to which my husband said that "Its ok, it's Halloween".
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    Font - Human body - He said I was being a jerk, and that I should cut some slack for the one holiday that kids get to pig out. I don't agree, although I figured I could've done this differently. AITA?
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    Font - Font - whothefisrachell · 9h 93 Asshole Enthusiast [5] NTA. The outbursts are what get me. When he screamed no, more specifically. It sounds to me like a test of boundaries, as if he knew perfectly well what was expected of him and purposefully crossed the line in order to see if his behavior would be corrected. And you did that. He learned a lesson when he became resentful that other kids were taking too much, that's what his behavior looks like but from the view of others.
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    Font - winter_storm · 7h Partassipant [3] NTA. I wish more parents would find ways to really teach their selfish kids why that's not O.K. I'll bet this is a lesson that he'll never forget. Kudos, OP!
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    Font - scottleevcgdhew · 6h e S NTA. It's important to establish boundaries for acceptable behavior. Maybe you shouldn't have given away ALL his candy, but it's important for him to understand what is acceptable behavior and what isn't, even if he's only 9.
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    Font - scitextvcxgvsxh · 4h Nta You're stopping your son from growing up an entitled Dik. We don't need more of those. Good job
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    Font - martinkvxcga · 7h NTA- that sounds like good parenting and a hard lesson learned for your lil guy
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    Font - grecianviolet · 9h 3 2 Asshole Aficionado [18] NTA, although I hope you did save some candy for your son. He's past the age where he should know how his greed affects others, and seeing it in action was probably a lesson he'll remember. Temper that lesson with a few treats later and a discussion, and I think it's a good parenting moment overall.
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    Font - BotBotzie · 5h Partassipant [1] Yup the punishment is on the hard side but the behouviour was way out of line too. But there is only 1 Halloween a year which means a lot to a kid. Hopefully saving just a few for him will still teach him the lessen but also be able to get over the sour ending.

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