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Originally posted by furzball
We're not saying that the old man should get off free and clear, but he should only receive minor punishment because he was doing what he thought was right.
Originally posted by jibeho
The idiot slapped a 2 year old multiple times in the face. I read all of these posts from people rambling about bratty kids and parents who don't control them. Blah Blah Blah. This was a 2 year old not a 6 year old. BIG difference in behavior and development.
2 year olds may cry for a variety of reasons. Some 2 year olds may not be able to verbalize yet and cry out of frustration. I am a parent to 3 year old twins with a speech delay. I have witnessed this behavior first hand. It is not a tantrum. 2 year olds often get the painful 2 year molars. Painful ear aches. The kid could just be tired and ready for a nap. Toddlers have good days and bad days. Good hours and bad hours. Their brains are evolving at a very rapid rate. They experience new emotions that they have never felt before.
Everyone likes to play armchair parent when it is someone else's child. These same armchair parents usually don't have kids or have older kids and can't remember what goes on in the mind of a toddler. To you armchair parents BUTT OUT or offer to help. You don't know the circumstances involved in the behavior of the child.
To the funny looking fella that slapped a 2 year old. If you slapped one of my children, your face would look much worse than it does now. If of course you are still alive to look at your own mug in the mirror.
Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by neformore
Woah there, Nef... Easy does it...
Very few of us think it's ok...I sure as hell don't. Dude would have been in serious jeopardy had it been my kid...
Originally posted by furzball
reply to post by neformore
That is a what if scenario and I hate answering those but here goes, a beating is entirely different then shooting. Anyone can survive a beating and overcome any truama that comes out of it unless they are so worthless as to let it affect them the rest of their lives.