A mother’s public apology for her daughters’ bad behaviour towards a stranger at the cinemas goes viral

A MOTHER found out her two daughters were rude and obnoxious to a stranger in the cinemas. She’s being applauded around the world for how she handled it.

THE mother of two “obnoxious” teenagers who giggled and kicked a female stranger’s chair despite being asked to stop during a film viewing session at the cinemas has posted a public apology on their behalf on Facebook.

Kyesha Smith Wood, from Alabama, wrote on her Facebook wall that she was alerted to her daughter’s and step daughter’s rude behaviour by her son.

“I dropped my teenage daughter, step daughter, and son off at the movie. My son later told me, much to my humiliation and embarrassment, that my girls were rude and obnoxious during the movie.

“The woman I’m looking for addressed them and asked them to be quiet and they were disrespectful. After the movie she approached my girls and told them that her husband had been laid off and this was the last movie she would be able to take her daughter to for a while and my girls ruined that for her. If you are this woman, please message me.

This is a long shot, but I'm looking for a woman that was at Tannehill Premier tonight seeing Cinderella at 7pm. I...

Posted by Kyesha Smith Wood on Friday, March 27, 2015

The post was then shared by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, titled: “What do you think of the way this local mom is handling this situation? Looks like these children have great parents”, and within 24 hours, reached Rebecca Boyd, also from Alabama.

Ms Boyd commented on the post, saying: “I am the mom from the movie theatre.

“I had taken my daughter to see Cinderella. I was very upset and disappointed in the girls behaviour ... the note from their mom brought me to tears and shows there is still good people in the world. I have no hard feelings towards them and I am proud of their parents.

The girls are not bad ... they are children. Glad they are learning a lesson. I hope if my teenagers are out and they act up ... I hope someone says something to them.”

In an interview with Yahoo Parenting, Ms Boyd said the two teenage girls “started out giggling, talking too loudly and kicking my seat”.

“At one point, I turned around and told them that we paid for the movie just like they did. They just giggled at me and continued with the same behaviour.”

Gratitude ... Rebecca Boyd is impressed with the way the apology and situation was handled. Picture: Facebook

Goodwill ... Kyesha Smith Wood publicly apologised after she heard her daughters were rude to a woman at the cinemas. Picture: Facebook

After the movie, Ms Boyd approached the girls and said they “needed to realise that their behaviour affects others, and that they never known what other people around them are going through” — a reference to it being the last time for a while that Ms Boyd could see a movie with her daughter, as her husband had just lost his job.

Since the apology, Ms Wood and her husband Damond have been inundated with support, with many Facebook users commending the couple on their swift and desire pargeting.

One Facebook user wrote: “If I ever get married ... I aspire to being the parent that you & your husband are!!! You both are role models for families everywhere!!” while another gave them a big thumbs up, followed by: “you go guys!”

In another Facebook post, Ms Wood expressed her gratitude for “all of the beautiful messages, posts, and comments of support that Rebecca Boyd and I have received in the past couple days.

“Your kindness has been overwhelming and inspiring to me and my husband Damond Wood.”

She also said she was “completely shocked” by the attention, and that she and her husband were “parents just like everyone else”.