Stranger accused of slapping crying child in store

I'm not against corporal punishment (within limits, of course). The notion of a stranger spaking my kids is the kid of thing that would land me in jail... for assaulting the person who put his/her hands on my kid.

 

:applause:

My wife wouldn't hurt a fly. I suspect you wouldn't either.

Unless...

 

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God's absolute predestination in plain view here, Old Regular.
That man was raised by God to be at that very store at that very time so he could be the instrument to show that mother proper parenting procedures.

 

Being a Texan I agree completely. I don't have a carry license, yet, but in a case like this if the mother had shot and killed this fool.

If this manic was this brazen in public, I can only imagine what he would be capable of in the privacy of his own home.

 

This fella would be in the hospital before he could get to jail. I have a very low threshhold for those that mistreat children. Very low

 

I do have a CHL. I would be on shaky ground if I shot him. I'm a fairly large man and a case could be made for some other less extreme action.

But a woman...defending her child. No question. She gets off scott free..

 

Nothing conclusive. From the beginning I said I could be wrong, but not likely.

Didn't go back on anything I said or implied. You just found there was nothing in my comments upon which you could pin your allegations.

I think the mother is a numbskull, doesn't discipline her child, and a 61-year-old creep took matters into his own hands. The problem isn't in what I said, the problem is in YOU. YOU think that if the mother was somewhat at fault it would mitigate the situation, and you projected that into what I said.

 

Because he assumes that it does. He assumes that single parents don't discipline... That the mother wasn't a good parent... that even though he admits he may be wrong, he knows he isn't.

That's how he knows.:sleep:

 

Aaron, you are slowly becoming more and more like Sanderson and Phelps...

It is sad to see you sliding down this hate filled slope...

 

I don't. I strongly suspect it because of items in post # 18.

That's true, and disciplined parents will respond by removing an unruly child from the scene.

I would put money on the chance that if that were the case, it would have been reported to further highlight the heinous nature of the crime. The AP speaks volumes with the things it doesn't report.

 

I live next door to some unruly children. The youngest, 3, was running toward the road, and though the parents screamed for him to stop, he didn't, because he is undisciplined. His parents, by their lack of discipline, taught him that he didn't need to obey.

A car was speeding by . . . . .



































. . . about an half-hour later. Fortunately it wasn't speeding by when the little terror ran right out into the middle of the street.

By the age of three, if I hollered "stop" to my girls, they stopped.

Folks who don't discipline their children endanger them. And I think the case in the OP is one such occassion.

 

You can have your opinions and make assumptions on the woman in the story, so I can have opinions and make assumptions about you.

Somehow I get the feeling that your kids would stop, not because of a healthy discipline you instilled in them, but because they were deathly afraid of you.

At the age of three, my kids may not have stopped immediately if I yelled stop. That's because normally well behaved and disciplined chidren sometimes just don't listen. A child that lives in constant fear, however, will listen immediately because they fear for their well being and safety. Unfortunately I think that is the situation in your household.

 

Typical Aaron...blame the victim. A 2 year old baby girl being assaulted by a 61 year old man is not a fair fight. Maybe if she were still a fetus, Aaron would take up for her.

 

I'm also 61 years old (and have recently found out I have terminal and inoperable cancer) but had I been on the scene, someone would have definitely had "something to cry about," and it would have been one of two 61 year old males, not some 2 year old toddler!

My sturdy wooden cane would have come in quite handy, I suggest.

Lady Eagle, Frogman, or Squire Robersson; Page 4; "Where are you?"

Ed

 

No need to assume. Ask me questions, and I'll answer them to any extent that doesn't violate my privacy.

Disciplined toddlers will stop for fear of punishment, that's true. That's the ONLY reason a toddler will obey a prohibition. But "deathly afraid" is too strong an adjective. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

I didn't cite an instance of simply not listening. I cited a case of defiance. The child ran toward the road because his father told him to "come here." But, besides, not only are disobedient toddlers common-place, so are foolish parents, and only foolish parents would not immediately correct defiant behavior in a toddler.

That's not true. Abused children are some of the most disobedient and maladjusted kids you can come accross.

My oldest is an active, straight-A student in public highschool, and is active in the Youth Leadership Council taking part in bi-monthly meetings with the Chamber of Commerce and other community organizations advising on and recommending the disbursement of donations. She is well-known and sought out by the school administration to operate in many leadership roles.

My second is in her mid-teens and still homeschooled by her own choice. She was recruited to watch one of the little terrors from next door until his school bus arrives. (I'll promise you he behaves himself at MY house.) She also mows lawns for the older folks in our neighborhood, and has done so for free for one widow who was just diagnosed with cancer this year. She has the respect of practically every adult in the neighborhood. That can't be said for any other child on my block.

My fouth-grader is advancing in piano and is achieving way beyond her grade level in math.

Well, you're not alone, but your only friends in that respect are folks on this board.

Shoot, they think the Duggars are abusing their children, and the whole world is watching them.

 

Walmart is a big store. All that old man had to do is walk away. He did not need to follow them around and cause any trouble. That man showed absolutely no discipline himself. I am surprised that Aaron did not say anything negative about his parents.