One day, many years back, my daughter (maybe around 7 y.o. too ) misbehaved several times, and no amount of persuation or bribing was working to make her behave. I did the same to her, only took her outside the apartment door and told her we don't want her anymore. A few minutes later her mom opened the door, got her in and asked her to apologize.

I am now 60+. Daughter is married with a son, and I swear to God I am not able to forget or forgive myself for doing that. I have apologized to her a few years back, but still cannot forgive myself to this day.

This story.
I feel for the boy. But I am speechless !!

BTW, my daughter still remembers the story.
I cam just imagine what is going in the boy's head.

I can empathize with the parents! My folks never did that to me but it's exactly the kind of thing they would have done if necessary. It must be an exasperating job at times to be a parent; there are no manuals, no sick days and no overtime and the job is 24/7 til you die. It's also often graded pass/fail.