"That's gonna make him a pussy"

I was at my daughter's middle school to pick her up because she's sick. Another pair of parents were in there. I hear bawling from the office next over. And this man walks out with his son and is carrying him while he cries. My daughter knows him and is friends with him so he's either 13 or 14. I asked what happened and the secretary said "He just found out his mom died". That was so sad! But the parents next to me said "Well him doing that is gonna make him a pussy". I honestly wanted to yell but my daughter was sick and I didn't want to embarrass her. As we are walking out the dad has his son in his lap while he cries and his dad is saying "Shhhh. It's gonna be okay". I'm assuming their issue was the father carrying his teenage son. Which I honestly saw no problem with.