Comments on: Stranger Slaps Toddler to "Shut her up!"

By: Ruby

Ruby — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:20:20 +0000

I don’t believe it was right to actually do it, but I’ve felt tempted to do it before too, although I would never actually abuse a child. That sound can just infuriate me to the point I want to hit the child who is screaming, but I know logically that it would be immoral, and would also not help the situation whatsoever.

I did tell a woman with a screaming screeching child to SHUT THAT KID UP one day. It scared the mother enough to shush her child and the screaming stopped. Then I was able to shop in peace. She was ignoring her child, which just needed some attention from her. It actually worked and nobody got hurt.

I was trying to read my grocery list and I couldn’t even concentrate on what I had gotten and what I still had to get because of the loud WAAAAHHHH MAMA MAMA WAAAAAHHH WAAAAAAH! MAMA MAMA MAMA WAAAAAAAHHHH!

I finally snapped and yelled at the mom and it actually helped.

By: cooking lobster tails

cooking lobster tails — Sun, 02 May 2010 20:07:46 +0000

Ah!!! at last I found what I was looking for. Somtimes it takes so much effort to find even tiny useful piece of information.

By: CALEB

CALEB — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:42:51 +0000

i just wanted to say thanks to the brave man who finally mustered the strength to silence these annoying kids! every time i go to red lobster or around my mother’s trailer house, i always hear babies screaming and it makes me wanna utilizate some street justice on their crying butts! once again thanks for hitting the kids.

By: mags

mags — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:34:19 +0000

@ badvegan:
I’m not going to insult you as you have insulted me – it’s clear that you don’t actually READ comments before replying!
Mine said: “There is absolutely no question about someone slapping someone else’s child. It’s assault!
Personally, I don’t believe in anyone hitting a child in ANY circumstance.”
I don’t beat any of my 4 children – I DID remove them from situations that were overstimulating when they were cranky, not so much for the comfort of others, who might not want to hear a child’s tantrum, but because it is good, consistent parenting!
I didn’t only do it when it was convenient for me!
Read the comments here it is pretty clear that the majority don’t know the basics of parenting!
Buy a book on the subject!

It is ALWAYS possible to remove your child from a situation. STOP using that excuse! Be honest! It is not always convenient for YOU to do so. You are not doing your child any favors with inconsistent parenting.

If your child is cranky, tired, hungry, sick, in pain, etc. it is the pinnacle of bad parenting to have them in a place with the overwhelming sensory input of a Wal-Mart!

Children are not born stupid, they learn very quickly if they are treated to consistent, logical rules!

By: Kayris

Kayris — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:17:27 +0000

Has anyone entertained the notion that the child was a special needs child? So wouldn’t Mr. Angry Slapper feel like an ass to find out he beat up not only a helpless child, but a handicapped helpless child?

Give me a break people, it’s WALMART, not church. If you expect to shop in peace at Walmart, you clearly live on another planet. I said it before, but even if the kid was screaming down the house, the only acceptable thing for that guy to do was be an ADULT and control himself.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:25:16 +0000

Just reading this makes me furious. He slapped the child 4 or 5 times without the woman intervening??? If he even laid a finger on my kid I would have knocked the old man out with a can of baked beans.

By: 1001 petals

1001 petals — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:48:52 +0000

Mags: “As to all the ’sick, hungry, tired’ comments – why do you take your kids out in those conditions?”

Sometimes they become that way out of the blue — not sick, necessarily, but all of a sudden may be hungry even if they’d just had a meal or a snack, or may become tired. Kids aren’t necessarily 100% predictable. Many parents do the very best job they can.

I don’t think you realize how hard it is to get out to go shopping sometimes, especially with a baby or a toddler. Sometimes you just have to go because you desperately need something and can’t order it online. It’s very tough to be a parent and not everyone has scads of help at it.

By: badvegan

badvegan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:41:53 +0000

mags: obviously you do not have kids! thank god! you are truly stupid and i hope that you can not procreate and make more stupid people. a 2 year old child should never be accosted by anyone for anything. a child who cries does not need to be removed from a store! this is the only way that this child has to communicate and you obviously need to park your mobile home at a local college campus and try to get some education! seriously watching nascar and smoking meth amphetamines might make you queen of the super white trash but it also has made you stupid.

By: mags

mags — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:59:56 +0000

There is absolutely no question about someone slapping someone else’s child. It’s assault!
Personally, I don’t believe in anyone hitting a child in ANY circumstance.
My question is: The man had threatened the mother beforehand why did she not report him immediately or at least keep an eye on the wacko??

I’ve read, on another blog,
( http://iblamethemother.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/where-was-the-mother/ ) that it is quite common place: “Yes, people do threaten, “jokingly” or otherwise, to physically assault a child for crying, quite often.”
This has never, ever happened to me or anyone I know. I think it’s pretty obvious that if this seems normal to you, you’re doing something seriously wrong!
It seems like the problem is people who say “we’re all Mums who want to avoid unnecessary upset to our children”
Their kids are allowed to throw tantrums in public and the rest of just have to put up with it, so as not to ‘upset’ the child.
As to all the ‘sick, hungry, tired’ comments – why do you take your kids out in those conditions?
BTW I’m the nice lady who tries to distract your crying child with a game of peek-a-boo while you’re ignoring him/her.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:15:44 +0000

I have to agree with wondering exactly where the mom was…if it were my child I probably would have said something to the effect of “If you so much as touch one hair on his head the cops will have to be called for your own protection”
My child is 2 and has autism and meltdowns are part of the territory. If the other people in the store don’t like it or think he’s “misbehaving” tough…I need to go shopping, too. If you don’t like it do something to help or move on…every child in the world has had an off day and pitched a fit; if yours haven’t you are either fooling yourself or childless.
But than again…when he’s crying I at least talk to him and try to find out what’s wrong so he will calm down.