Ugh, yes, exactly. "Kids will be kids." Fuck you. Your kid isn't being a kid, it's being a jerk, and it's doing that because you never bothered to do your job and teach it not to be. It's almost as bad as the parents of obese kids whose excuse is, "But little Tubby screams until s/he gets ice cream/cookies/chips/whatever!" Yes, you irresponsible moron, of course little Tubby screams until you give it what it wants, because it's learned that screaming works. If you teach your kid that good behavior works, you will get good behavior. But you're teaching your kid to be a whiny spoiled brat  16bf  , and it will take those lessons out into the world and become an insufferable, whiny, screeching, spoiled adult fat that the rest of us will have to deal with.