What is it with the McDonald's crowd?

I've noticed a trend. Everytime I witness something disturbing, it's in a fast food restaurant. I think I need a new venue. Today at McDonald's, I saw parenting at its best. One smaller kid headed up the playland, and was pushed and generally bullied by two bigger kids. The small kid came out crying and told his mom. Good, I thought, a kid who knows to go to a grown-up. And his mom went to the parents of the bullies and let them know what was going on. I was happy to see some reasonable behavior. Seconds later, I see that the mom of the bullied kid has taken her little guy aside, and I hear her telling him, "Next time anyone goes at you like that, you better make them cry like a baby. You fight back and beat the crap out of them." The kid was probably four. Great lesson, huh? What about the "good job on coming to a grown up" lesson, or the "thanks for not being violent to solve your problems" lesson? I seriously hope my children are never friends with her children. Am I wrong to find this disturbing?

Before the Blogathon

I'm really going to catch things up, I swear. But until then (it could be a while), here's the daily (or monthly) dose of Tanner:

"Mom, girls like pink. Boys like sabertooths ripping into things. Right?"