Sunday in the park

On a Sunday afternoon, her husband, their son and she were at a small playground. There was a fatter boy playing the sand near her son and threw sand to her son. Therefore, she decided to prohibit the boy from doing that. However, the boy's father encouraged the boy to continue doing what the boy wanted and told them that the place was public. Against her deep expectation to fight, her husband gave in and forced their son to quit playing and go home. Concurrently, the husband explained to her many reasons why he did so. However, what she really thought then is included in the thesis statement that "She sensed that it was more than just an unpleasant incident, more than defeat of reason by force. She felt dimly it had something to do with her and Morton, something acutely personal, familiar and important". Moreover, she felt against her husband more when they all reached home but the son had still been crying. Her husband tried to exercise his power at home by ordering her to displine the son. Besides, he almost hit the son if she did not stop him. What she had seen that day made her unsatisfied and doubt in her husband.
(Sunday in the park by Bel Kaufman)

From my perspective, people can avoid arguments or fighting with many reasons. To keep world peace or to keep meaningful family and friends safe, it still sounds sensible. The reason why I take side of the wife is that he avoided fighting with other people but he blamed his little child who did nothing wrong. He should not have behaved like that. However, if I could hear what the husband was really thinking, I might be able to analyze the situation more thoroughly. Maybe, there were some reasons behind.