Generally hitting a crying child will just make them cry harder. http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/man-slaps-strangers-crying-129235.html
This is classic. Who hasn't had that feeling before though? Some kids need to be slapped around a little bit sometimes.
When my kids were babies, they rarely "acted up" in a public setting. They saved it all so they would have plenty in reserve for "acting up" in private with their parental units (me and Mrs. Blade Runner). I have to say, however, that they would have arrested me if that guy had struck one of my children, as I would have assaulted the freakin' windbag. Of course, I never go to Walmart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bbap0ocwRE Watch this whole thing. I would have slapped that kid, too. @1:30 I am kidding, of course... I would have slapped the mother.
Welllll....pre-kid, I probably would have applauded this. But since I have a 3-year-old, I frown on this now. Kids that young don't really have a grasp of where they are. I would pummled this b*stard in short order if I would have seen it. Now if he was smacking some teenaged punk for acting up, I'd be all over this.
Did the kid piss on his grill? He should have trapped him and sent him to an orphanage. Totally justified.
Anytime you walk into a Walmart, there will be crying babies happening.. Maybe it was his 1st time at a Walmart??
I chuckled at the headline also but when I read it I felt a little bad. And I agree that if dad had been there some blood would have been shed. I don't have kids but I can imagine I would attempt to end the life of someone who hit my child.
5 times? How can he slap, sir? Seriously, if I saw that guy in a store, the first thing that would pop into my mind is that this guy would definitely slap other people's babies.