I am having such flashbacks to all the childfree coms on LJ.

I mostly posted this because it gets to something that's bugged me for a long time: we seem prepared to accept behavior towards kids that would be really, really fucking rude if done to an adult. I'm not talking about things like telling kids what to do or scolding misbehavior. I'm talking about having a kid over for dinner and not taking food preferences into account. Or changing the channel on tv without asking (unless there was some kind of pre-existing agreement). Or, apparently, storming out of a room because they are breathing your air.

Tell the son. Parents should know when someone is treating their children badly.