People should learn to never mess with a kid when their mom is around. Unfortunately for a White Texas man, he tried to annoy a group of kids without noticing that a mom was near. The story was shared by one of the kids’ moms, who said that she, a Black woman, is friends with two other moms, one of whom is White and the other is Latino. They took their kids to Cicis after homecoming, and two of the moms waited outside in their cars. The White mom, though, stayed inside the restaurant to have her eyes on the kids. Of course, kids would want to be themselves, so the mom made sure to sit at another table. The kids might have been a little loud, and a man who was in the restaurant with his son didn’t like that. Instead of ignoring them, he decided to harass the group of kids who he thought were on their own.
The Texas man went to sit down next to the kids, which is the first red flag. Why would a grown-up man go sit next to some kids who appeared to be on their own? he then took out some cards and told them that he was going to show them a card trick. He said that if he won, the kids would have to “shut the [expletive] up.” It wasn’t his lucky day, though, because the mom inside the restaurant quickly got up to confront him. Instead of just defending her kids, she defended the entire group, including her friends’ kids. She even called them “my kids” which was heartwarming. The mom started yelling at him, saying to get away from her kids. “We don’t want to see your damn card trick,” she said. She also made it clear that he shouldn’t say curse words to children.
After the Texas mom defended the group of friends, the man’s face basically turned red. He then left his son inside and went to his car to look for something. During this, the White mom went outside to her friends to let them know what happened. They were worried that the man would try to escalate things. After all, they were three moms on their own with a group of kids. Plus, the restaurant’s staff were all women. This made the moms think of a plan to make sure that their kids would be safe. Thankfully, the man ended up leaving with his son.
The woman who shared this story wanted to show people that there is still some positivity in America. The White mom didn’t think of only her kids, but she also thought of the two moms’ kids. It’s a story that shows that White, Black, and Latin people can defend each other rather than fight. Her fearlessness is inspiring, especially when the outcome could have been different. Hopefully, this story will inspire more people to be kind to each other.
People Reacting to the Fearless Texas Mom’s Story
The way the Texas mom defended the entire group was inspiring for many. People loved how she called them her kids, even those who weren’t her own. “Notice she said MY KIDS, yessssss!!!!!! Don’t play with her!!!!” one woman wrote. Another woman then said, “She said MY kids ! Keep her! All of those babies are hers!” One person also pointed out how the White mom used her privilege for good. “She said: ‘get away from MY kids.’ Statistically, the potential consequences are not the same for us; THIS is how to use privilege,” they wrote. Another person believed that the man went to harass the kids because some of them were Black and on their own. “That man seen black kids and assumed no one was there to protect them!..Love this!” they said. This could be true.
Since one of the Texas moms said that the kids weren’t being that loud, one person believed that Cicis always has noise anyway. “Who goes to Cici’s and expects quiet?” they asked. Others found it disturbing that the man tried to talk to young kids on their own. “Yeah and why is he talking to kids,” one woman asked. It is alarming. Another person thought that the man didn’t expect to be confronted by an adult. “That was a man that thought he could get away with intimidating some kids, unaware there were adults connected to them. Like most bullies, he backed down immediately when someone else pushed back,” they said. It’s a good thing that the mom was there to stop him from harassing the kids any further.
