The mother is a firecracker who deserves her on film or tv show spin off, at the very least. She gets too much flak for being somewhat aggressive with her son, but her aggression stems from frustration with the whole ordeal. She's not versed in the professional diagnoses of bed wetting. Her limited experience with it suggests consistent public humiliation may be the key to stopping it.
Though as wrong as she was, her son and husband share the blame in the boy's brand of punishment. If the boy wasn't always lying and concealing things, she wouldn't have assumed he was just a willful little brat. Case in point, if he had been honest about staying awake during his friends' sleepover, the mother may have realized his bed wetting was beyond his control. In addition, if the father had been honest about his own bed wetting experience when the doctor asked if there was a family history of it, the mother may have realized the gravity of it.
Though as wrong as she was, her son and husband share the blame in the boy's brand of punishment. If the boy wasn't always lying and concealing things, she wouldn't have assumed he was just a willful little brat. Case in point, if he had been honest about staying awake during his friends' sleepover, the mother may have realized his bed wetting was beyond his control. In addition, if the father had been honest about his own bed wetting experience when the doctor asked if there was a family history of it, the mother may have realized the gravity of it.