Entitled much?

Just yesterday at work (at a local Juvenile Detention Center), I was assigned to release a 16 year old girl to her mother for a medical pass.  Her mother thought enough of her to bring some clothing of her own so that she wouldn't have to wear our JDC clothing in public.  What the mother didn't know was the tongue lashing she would receive about being late and bringing "the wrong clothes" instead of a hug and a thanks.  This young lady went off!  Telling her mom "you never know what to do" and "you are always late".  This girl even told her mom "Get your act together, do you even know where we are going?"  The mom, like many I have witnessed over my 12 years as a correction officer, just sat there and let her child spout off.  Mom was saying "I'm sorry, sweetie" and "I should do better".  Are you kidding me?  If I were the mom I would have walked out the door and left my daughter crying in the Detention Center.  This girl didn't know what hit her when I stepped between her and her mother.  I stood up to the little priss and said "Don't talk to you mom like that.  One of the reasons you are in here is because you don't follow the rules".  "Don't blame your mom for your inadequacies to get your own act together."  I informed her very...um, politely...that if she didn't tone it down she would go nowhere with her mother.  These girls these days have no respect for their parents.  They feel entitled to do and act the way they want.  All because at one point a parent stopped parenting.  Respect was lost and not demanded.  It is not easy to parent, nor is it terribly fun.  But it is a responsibility that should not be taken lightly.  Stand up to your kids.  Take charge.  Don't let your children be entitled or you may find yourself on the wrong end of this story.  Not that you should be surprised but the girl was caught off guard by my showing of authority and as I did the mom stood up behind me and carried out what she didn't have the guts to do before.  She took over the authority and put the little one in her place.  As they walked out the door for her pass the girl looked back at me with confusion wondering... "What just happened here?"  I can tell you.  Her world just flipped and her entitlement just slipped right from under her feet.  I just had one parting thought, "you're welcome".