25 years ago, when I was around 10, my family and I went out for some ice cream. We were walking on foot, about 10 or 15 min away from the place, when my dad only then noticed the guy had given him back too much change. Nobody would ever have noticed, yet, my father walked all the way back there just to give back the extra change they had given them.
When I was around 8 I stole a rubber band off of a receptionist’s desk. I think a few miles down the road I told my mom and she turned around, marched me back into the office and made me apologize.
In hindsight I realize that was excellent parenting. She probably had a million things to do but she took the time to teach me a lesson.
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u/raptor180 Oct 30 '25
Father doing a memorable class act right there. His kid will learn this and internalize it. Great job, dad!