[Some of them managed to stay on the tray at least! In the wake of his answer, Phoenix pauses and composes himself before continuing.]

I am father. That much is correct. It may be true that a parent's role can involve pushing them out of their comfort zones and making decisions they aren't happy with. But I think you might be a little generous in treating your situation as being justified by that kind of motivation. After all, what you did sounds a bit... extreme. I know that if I pushed Trucy at something to the point where it was starting to hurt her, I would immediately back off.

So if you're trying to downplay an incident like that and sweep it away as a 'bad day' and just a 'snippet of memory', then... well, I'm sorry to say, Dr. Brenner, that it does call the entirety of your relationship with those children into question in my eyes.