Does anyone reckon that any child would freak out their parents this much? Practical jokes aside of course.
If any of us have as bad a day as this, we learn from it, remember every second of it and make damn sure that we do it better next time. We only go into detail with ourselves, and our C.O.'S if they care enough about the details not to just say "don't let it happen again..."
I personally couldn't be stuffed giving that much detail to my parents, because I know they can't understand it, but as has been previously stated, if Flower's father is an ex nugget then he just might.
But wouldn't the daughter then know better than to tell her mother about such an incident? I know from the point of view of being second generaton military that my mother didn't want to know about my father having a bad day, so I don't divulge to her any details. If she asks, I say the minimum to placate her fears.
Aaargh, much ado about nothing...