Every generation has gripes about the next one’s parenting styles.

The biggest part of being a parent is taking responsibility for your child. How would you handle your child’s behavior reflecting poorly on you?

One Dad asked the internet if he handled a situation correctly, to disastrous results. Let’s see how it went down.

AITA for leaving my stepmom’s lake house abruptly after she called my daughter a brat?

Over the Fourth of July, my wife and I visited my stepmom at her boyfriend’s lake house with our two daughters (7 & 6).

The girls had been staying with them the week prior.

On Saturday, my daughter and another girl asked to leave the lake early to play in the hot tub.

My stepmom said no, and my daughter got upset and cried.

Sometimes kids are too honest.

The other girl then asked her, “What do you even like about her?”

And my daughter said, “She has a new house and money.” Not the most thoughtful thing to say, but she’s seven, and the lake house had just undergone a big renovation.

The other girl ran and told my stepmom what was said.

My stepmom had been drinking all day and clearly took it personally. Later, I saw her walk up to my daughter (sitting quietly on the couch), get in her face, and say, “You make me so sad.”

He confronted his stepmom.

I immediately stepped in, told her to stop, and sent my daughter out of the room.

I told my stepmom not to talk to my kid like that, and we started arguing.

I asked if we could speak privately—there were a dozen people in the room 10 feet away—but she refused and kept saying my daughter was “spoiled and entitled,” and that it was clear how we really felt about her.

I told my wife we were leaving and went to pack. We had planned to stay until Sunday, but I didn’t feel comfortable anymore.

My wife supported me, even though I could tell she wasn’t fully on board.

The stepmom won’t let it go.

While packing, my stepmom came upstairs still being defensive.

We got into a shouting match.

I told her I didn’t care about her money and never wanted a dime from her.

She kept bringing up how “entitled” my daughter was. She walked out, and I continued packing.

The stepmom doesn’t even want to say goodbye.

As I was loading the car, her boyfriend came out and told me he didn’t think we should come back. He said she was “heartbroken.”

But I let him know I appreciated his hospitality. He hadn’t been involved in the conflict at all.

Before leaving, I asked my stepmom if she wanted to say goodbye to her granddaughters.

She wouldn’t speak or look at me. Later, she came outside and said goodbye to the girls.

I told her I loved her, and she snapped, “You have a hell of a way of showing it. I doubt it.”

It was impossible to leave on good terms.

That started another argument.

Her boyfriend confirmed he had said we shouldn’t come back.

When she asked if he was going to say goodbye to the girls (he’s been in their lives since they were toddlers), he hesitated, then stuck his head in the car for a quick goodbye.

She’d never act that way with his grandkids.

We argued once more, and she ended up calling my daughter a brat.

That was it. I said we were done and left without saying goodbye to anyone else in the house.

Pretty intense stuff. Let’s see the Reddit verdict.

Many commenters didn’t mince words.

Though some got straight to the point.

Most agreed the OP was in the wrong,and questioned what he said around his child.

All in all, the consensus agreed an apology was in order.

Kids say the darndest things…and some you can’t come back from.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.