[cstreit]

Unless you think they'd respond "Gosh, you're right we ARE spoiling our son, thank you so much for your valuable input"... (riiiiight), there is really no point in saying anything, it would just piss them off and ruin the relationship anyway.

Your choice was to break away, or make sure your son knew the difference. I'm guessing that your son was raised smart enough to know the difference, so there must have been other reasons for breaking away too?