He sits there knowing that feeding that behavior is parental suicide.  He sits there waiting until she comes back down.  He laughs to himself because he had never seen a child get mad and run to their room.  Usually parents had to send their children to their room.  He continues to chuckle and just sits there in the chair.  He can't help, but enjoy the actions and words sometimes of children.  He sits there slightly contemplating her words and shakes his head knowing that children don't mean their words.