There article doesn’t say the child was misbehaving. She could have been ill and not feeling well, all babies will cry no matter how much you try to comfort them. The man hit a little girl….I would have made him cry.
You bring up an interesting point, Serg300. WHY was the girl (you called her a "baby", but at 2, I hope they've shed the baby label) crying? If ill, she should have not been at a store. Somehow I believe it was a tantrum and not a "mom, I hurt!" cry. The facts are that he hit her... and that's a no-no. I agree. No man should be hitting someone else's child. No problem, Yonkers! I'm here to give another side of things!
Reading comments in this thread gives you a good idea of peoples age and whether they have children. DD
They are always someone's little baby. Tantrum cries and ill cries are sometimes the same. Maybe a single mom and was getting the child medicine....???
^ Repp'd. There's no story about how long the child was crying or why, so I will rep you noting that. Where's YOUR comment, DaDarkOne?
Obviously the guy is going to get the book thrown at him, you don't hit someone else's child. I mean honestly.... DD
I dont have any kids but if that was my child, he would've been carried out of that store on a stretcher.
Would you have to worry about assault charges should you choose to open up a can of whip ass in a case like this? That's the only thing I'd be worried about.
This story is insane. Your whole life you are taught to not hit girls. F up number 1. You should know to never hit a 2 year old anywhere other than a tap on the butt. F up number 2. Never under any circumstances do you hit a strangers child. F up number 3. This dude would have been smashed up way before he ever touched my child. The minute he threatened my 2 year old daughter, he would have went to sleep. If the threat wasn't made and he just started hitting my 2 year old child, a body bag would have been needed. The crazy thing about this story is, even if I wasn't there, my wife would have acted the way I just described. I am in shock the mother did nothing here or the other shoppers. My kids are all older than 2 now, but I would still act the same way at their ages. There is not a single way to defend these actions. Lock this loon up in a mental ward.
Agreed. That is what I was thinking. If someone did that to either one of my 2 kids, I would be spending the night in jail that I can guarantee you for sure.
Thanks SwoLy-D!!! It's just a tough situation all around and we have so little information, but that old dude looks like he's in for some legal issues.
So now you're advocating violence against women? Interesting. 2-year old's cry. Period. Just because they're now a toddler and not a baby doesn't mean they have total control over their emotions. Anyone that would smack a 2-year old around like that (parent or otherwise) is a criminal. Anyone that advocates this is just as bad. If that would have happened to my child, that man would be in a world of hurt. Actually, him just coming up to me to tell me to shut my kid up would have probably gotten him an ass kicking.
He gave the mother a fair opportunity to shut the kid up to. I mean, what's an old curmudgeon supposed to do? Just tolerate it?
