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

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31 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube clip, two speakers discuss a toddler’s tantrum that erupted because the child wanted a hamburger with lettuce and tomato, but was served only meat and bread. Speaker B emphasizes that a proper hamburger includes the toppings, while Speaker A recounts how the child had to explain his expectations to the parents, likening the situation to receiving a taco with only meat and no vegetables. The speakers critique the parents’ failure to meet the child’s specific request and express approval of the child’s emotional outburst, framing the tantrum as a reasonable reaction to unmet expectations.

What you wanted?
I wanted a hamburger, not just two things on a hamburger. That's not even how you make a hamburger. I don't know what you're saying, Max. What's a hamburger to you? It's a hamburger. You put tomatoes and stuff on it.
Now they was supposed to be fixing they little boy a hamburger. Usually when I see little kids crashing out, I'm like, who he think he yelling at and why they letting him yell? But He had to tell the parents that he wanted lettuce and tomato on the hamburger, and all they did was meat and bread and thought he was supposed to sit up there and like it. So he had to tell them what's supposed to go on the hamburger. That's like you getting a taco and all it is is meat in the shell and there's no like lettuce and tomato and stuff like that. They just give it to you like that and you're supposed to eat it. I understand this crash out. This tantrum, I approve.