Imagine you are now a middle age man, and talks about being independent and sleeping alone, and then some child commented out you're pitiful.
What ever you do, whatever your status in life, even if you are a billionaire, or a centillionaire, once you are being talk back like that, it hurts a lot, and what's more, it can from a child you who cannot retort to but feel the pain, hold back your emotion, press your forehead, and just say back to that kid, "go back to your mama"