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Courtney Pochin

Mum fuming as stranger at park 'looks her dead in the eye' and calls her son 'entitled'

It's no secret that when it comes to parenting, everybody seems to have an opinion on what you should and shouldn't be doing with your kids - even total strangers.

We've recently heard how one woman got criticised for offering advice to a mum she'd never met before about the way she was keeping her baby shaded in a pram.

And now another woman has caused a stir online for her parenting comments to a stranger.

A mum named Corrie has shared her story on TikTok, where it's quickly gone viral. In a series of three videos, she recounted an incident with a fellow parent and asked if she had reacted wrongly.

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In a clip posted under the username @c.maxxy she explained that she had taken her toddler out to play at the park.

The tot had taken a toy from home with him to play with - a dump truck.

While there he wanted to go on the swings for a bit, so Corrie placed his toy truck on a bench with her coat, so she could push him on the swings.

However, when they went back to collect the stuff, the truck was nowhere to be seen.

The mum claims she looked around and eventually spotted another young boy playing with it, but couldn't see his mum anywhere.

The stranger came up to her at the park (stock photo) (Getty Images)

She goes over to the boy and asks if they can have the toy back as they are getting ready to leave.

The boy refuses and claims his mum told him he could play with it. So Corrie goes over to explain the situation to the other parent.

But things don't go very well. The fellow mum says she found the toy on a bench and then tells Corrie to get her son to "share" for a few minutes.

Corrie says she told the woman that she needed it back at which point the other mum got defensive.

"This lady looked me dead in the eyes and told me that my son is going to grow up to be entitled if I don't teach him to share," she recalls.

Corrie then asked the woman if she would let her borrow her car if she weren't using it - comparing it to her son taking the truck.

She adds: "I'm sorry, but this is not up for discussion. If you can't take my son's truck away from your son, I'm going to.

"Sharing is not always caring. I don't want to teach my child that he's entitled to anything he wants just for the sake of sharing."

Corrie admits her partner had said she'd been a "little rude" when she recounted the incident to him, so she asked her followers online if they agreed.

Millions of people have watched the videos, with one person saying: "Sharing is caring in certain situations, but his one... nah."

Another wrote: "No that kid had no business touching something that's not his."

A third replied: "I think you shouldn't have to share with strangers, but you should share with family and friends."

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

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