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Mum’s Facebook apology for her children’s “rude and obnoxious behaviour” goes viral

This Mum has taken the power of social media to a new level, after taking to Facebook to apologise to a moviegoer for the “rude and obnoxious” behaviour of her children.

When Kyesha Smith Wood of Alabama in the US discovered her two daughters had been rude to a fellow patron whilst attending a screening of the new Cinderella movie, she was mortified by their behaviour and immediately set out to apologise to the person affected.

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In her post, Kyesha stated “This rude, disrespectful, and awful behavior is unacceptable and they owe you an apology.”   The post quickly went viral, and generated over 245,000 likes.  As the post spread, the woman involved – Rebecaa Boyd came forward and left the following comment:

I am the mom from the movie theatre, I had taken my daughter to see Cinderella..I was very upset and disappointed in the girls behavior…the note from their mom brought me to tears and shows there is still good people in the world. I have no hard feelings towards them and I am proud of their parents. The girls are not not bad…they are children. Glad they are learning a lesson. I hope if my teenagers are out and they act up…I hope someone says something to them.

Kyesha’s daughters will be writing an apology letter to Rebecca and her children, along with contributing part of their allowance to contribute to the Boyd’s next visit to the movies.

When asked how her children were reacting to the publicity this post has received, Kyesha states “My girls are so mortified, they are humiliated. And that’s OK because I told them, ‘You know what, you’re not going to do this again.”

This story looks like it might also have a happy ending, thanks to the publicity this story has received, the Boyd family has received several job offers.  Rebecca has also told ABC News, that she would be happy to see the girls again and stated “I believe they’re good girls, they just made some mistakes.”

How would you have handled this situation?



Lauren

Lauren founded her website Create Bake Make as a way to justify the ridiculous amount of baking she loves to do. She has a super sweet tooth and enjoying a slice of cake (or two) is one of her guilty indulgences. As a Mum of two little boys, when she isn't creating fun activities for the kids or breaking up arguments over toy trucks and cars, you will find her in the kitchen baking up a storm - or hiding in the pantry with the latest cooking magazine and a hot cup of coffee!


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