“People defending this clearly haven’t surrounded themselves by children and don’t understand the development they are still going through. The child is still growing and understanding consequences,” another added.

“Oh ffs. I’m not sure if this was written for laughs, was the kid wrong? Yes. But you? You’re not a kid,” a third scolded her.

However, many defended her actions and insisted she taught the child a valuable lesson.

“It’s a good lesson for him to learn about not bothering animals,” one user wrote.

“If you have ever had a kid, one of the first things you do is teach them respect for life, incl. animals and people. If my kiddo had ignored my lessons on this (he’d never) a little water wouldn’t hurt him,” a third wrote.

Cooper even gave an update after realizing some people were very mad about the interaction. She explained that in the end there were no hard feelings between all of them.

“People r so mad over this, the kid and his dad were laughing about it today, we r friends (also might I add the dad never knew what his son done which is why he was mad to begin with) also the kid is 13 he really looks 10 lmao”

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