Kid said one painful truth and it changed his mom forever

A forum user shares a heavy childhood memory: back in elementary school, if they scored below 95 on a test, their mom would beat them, rip up their workbook, throw it at them, leaving marks and cuts on their face. When she was really upset, she'd even say she wanted to stab them with scissors and kill them.

Then one day, mom asked seriously: 'What kind of mom do you think I am?' The kid was around 12-13 and answered honestly — 'Even if I'm reborn in my next life, I'd want us to be strangers.' Mom broke down crying. The kid thought they'd said something wrong.

But after that moment? Mom never hit them again, never said another cruel word. Now at 19, whenever they argue, mom always works it out through calm, serious conversation. And the kid kept their word too — never said anything like that again either.