About 15 or so years ago i was at my front window looking out,when a young mother walked by followed by her young child. The child who was aged about 4 walked up my path,saw some pansies and decided to pick a few. I wasn't having it,so i went outside to remonstrate with the mother. I told her what her child had done. She shouted back "F..k.ng tell her to stop not me. It's her who's picked your f..k.ng flowers not me"! I often wonder how that child grew up with such a mother.
Not a nice response from the mother - but you seriously had a problem with a 4 year old picking flowers? Jeez!