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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elderly get more self centered as they get older, like toddlers. [/quote] This. Your mom was hurt and embarrassed by the scene, and is experiencing that as anger. (This is not limited to the elderly, but is very common in them.) A good way to defuse this is to compliment your mom on how she stayed calm in a difficult situation (or whatever true-ish thing you can say) to make her the hero rather than the person who made a kid scream.[/quote] This. She was embarrassed, and she probably believes that being old entitles her to extra respect. There used to be a concept of "respect your elders" just because of their age. So when she was young she had to respect her elders, now she's not getting her turn to receive it. She might be afraid that she did the wrong thing and upset him, but she doesn't know what she did wrong. Or that her appearance was scary to him, if she's vain about aging.[/quote]
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