Why do I feel like a such a horrible person for putting my foot down. I took my 7 year old daughter to the store this afternoon with her own $2, she bought her self a pack of gum. I stopped in timmies for a coffee, she asked for a chocolate shake. I said no at first and then I thought, oh hell I'll get it for her anyway just being extra nice. So on the walk home I decided to stop at the playground for a little bit. She was happy with that. She chewed a piece of her gum and spit it out. That was fine. Then she tried to have another. I told her to put it back and finish her milk shake first. She then started to argue with me, I stated that once she finished her drink then she could have another piece of gum, she continued to argue with me and made excuses as to why she couldn't finish it first, like it was too cold and her teeth hurt, and she wanted to save it for later, mind you this is a frozen drink. I told her to go play and come back for a drink in a few minutes if that was the case and she could have another piece of gum when she got home. She continued to argue and started making a scene, hoping I would give in I guess. So I dumped the drink in the grass and told her now you don't get the drink and if you continue to act this way I will take the gum and we will leave the playground. Needless to say, it only got worse. I tried to negotiate with her but then she cried the whole way home that she wanted to go back to the park, and that she didn't want to go to her room. Long story short, should I feel so terrible for dumping her drink in the grass and making her leave the playground? When we got home and she settled down we talked and both apologized to each other, she called me mean. It broke my heart. Am I really that mean 