Kyesha Smith Wood, an Alabama mother, swiftly disciplined her kids after learning that they had behaved disrespectfully at a movie theater.
She went one step further, though, and apologized to the woman who her daughter and stepdaughter had disturbed via a Facebook post.
According to Wood’s post, on Friday night, she dropped the two girls and her son off at a movie theater. Later, her son informed her that the girls had been “rude and obnoxious” during the film.
After the film, the woman who had contacted the girls and requested them to keep quiet revealed to them that her husband had lost his job.
“This was the last movie she would be able to take her daughter to for a while and my girls ruined that for her,” Wood wrote in her post.
The girls, she said, were disciplined, but they “owed you an apology.”
“My husband and I are having them write your apology letter tonight and we would like to pay for your next movie and snacks out of their allowance,” she stated. “Please message me if this is you.”
Since Saturday morning, the post has been shared over 5,000 times, and many parents have praised Wood’s parenting.
“Being a parent. You’re doing it correctly,” someone commented.
Another said, “The world would be a better place if our youth had more good parenting like this.”
On Sunday, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office made the announcement that the mother who possessed “great parenting skills” had finally found her match.
“They have been in touch with one another and everything is being set right,” the department wrote on Facebook. Both of these women are nothing but elegant and graceful.”
Rebecca Boyd, an Alabama mother, was the person Wood was searching for, she said on Tuesday.
Boyd commented, “The way you handled the situation and the lessons you are teaching your girls is wonderful,” on Smith’s Facebook post. This will always be in our memories! We seem to have an enduring connection.
Wood acknowledged her lack of heroism and thanked people who had complimented her parenting.
She posted on her Facebook page on Tuesday, saying, “We will be ok as long as we are teachable, willing to recognize our faults, and as willing to learn from our mistakes as our children.”