Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

Child steals food & then you sue the neighbor? Gen X could NEVER #parentingreality #parenting #genx

21 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief commentary, the speaker recounts a case where a 7‑year‑old child took a neighbor’s food delivery, ate it, became ill, and was taken to the emergency room. The child's mother responded by filing a $1 million lawsuit against the neighbor. The speaker frames the incident within the context of a struggling economy, suggesting that many people are desperate and quick to sue. However, the speaker argues that the blame should lie with the child (and by extension the parent) for breaking into the neighbor’s property and causing the illness, rather than with the neighbor who was robbed. The speaker emphasizes that the child’s actions caused the harm and that the family’s own hunger and financial strain do not justify suing the victim of the theft.

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A 7-year-old grabbed a neighbor's delivery, ate it, and ended up in the ER. His mother sued for $1 million. I get it, we live in a really bad economy. A lot of people don't have jobs, they struggling trying to eat, get money, because people will obviously try to sue anybody. Your child broke into somebody else's belongings, ate their food, and got sick. Your child did that to theyself. You should be mad at your child, not the person who got robbed, because they ain't do it. They still hungry, they sitting there waiting on their food.