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A grown adult parent intentionally causing a child to fall off from a boogie board, actually having placed him on it with that goal (not like playing a prank on a kid but actually wanting a kid harmed) is sadistic and malicious.
Agree completely. Your son's behavior was wrong and he needed to be disciplined. The WAY his uncle chose to discipline was criminal. I would contact the local police immediately and press charges against him for aggravated assault against a minor. No hesitation. While parents in most states have limited rights to physically discipline their children, another adult or family member has NO RIGHT to use force against a child. I would be enraged.
1) Exactly what was the extent of your son's injuries?
2) Why are they playing with boogie boards on dry land?
I might have missed a post about this - where did it say they were playing on dry land? I also got that same impression, but I don't recall seeing that posted anywhere.
Agree completely. Your son's behavior was wrong and he needed to be disciplined. The WAY his uncle chose to discipline was criminal. I would contact the local police immediately and press charges against him for aggravated assault against a minor. No hesitation. While parents in most states have limited rights to physically discipline their children, another adult or family member has NO RIGHT to use force against a child. I would be enraged.
Agree with your sentiments but the police often make things worse and the situation can be handled domestically.
Agree completely. Your son's behavior was wrong and he needed to be disciplined. The WAY his uncle chose to discipline was criminal. I would contact the local police immediately and press charges against him for aggravated assault against a minor. No hesitation. While parents in most states have limited rights to physically discipline their children, another adult or family member has NO RIGHT to use force against a child. I would be enraged.
And also have them take the son to Juvenile Hall for aggravated assault on a toddler. And also include the husband who threatened to punch his brother.
And also have them take the son to Juvenile Hall for aggravated assault on a toddler. And also include the husband who threatened to punch his brother.
The kids were playing; the little one was enjoying it until she got hurt. It was the adult who acted like a sadistic freak by intentionally trying to cause injury to a young child. Are you trolling here? They aren't going to take a nine-year-old to "Juvenile Hall" for "aggravated assault" over horseplay.
I'm getting some real Hills Have Eyes vibes from some of these responses. From this limited story people have determined this little boy is some kind of monstrous psychopath, stalking smaller children with glee, which will in turn lead to his later incarceration or (deserved) death. And I love the guy who says that the BIL had the right to send him home black and blue or even with stitches (though a broken arm may have been too much). WTAF? No one has a right to lay hands on your child. Ever. Period. End of.
And just because you feel like punching someone doesn't mean you will. It doesn't mean you're violent or you've taught your kids to be violent. The boy's father was angry, and rightly so, about the sickening handling of this situation. Sometimes people express anger through words without actually meaning them or acting on them. Shocker!
There were about 10 different ways to end this without anyone getting hurt and while teaching a valuable lesson, but those would have involved active, thoughtful parenting. Perhaps that's lost on people who think he should have just been beaten with a switch down by the river.
And what automatically makes the adult family member or teacher’s judgement on what constitutes misbehavior, correct? In my experience adult teachers and family members are often more flawed than children and lack good judgement. Never teach children to blindly follow adults. That is dangerous both in the immediate and long term when individuals are raised to be subservient to some “authority”.
He was misbehaving and was asked to stop. Extrapolating beyond what I said is another issue.
Agree completely. Your son's behavior was wrong and he needed to be disciplined. The WAY his uncle chose to discipline was criminal. I would contact the local police immediately and press charges against him for aggravated assault against a minor. No hesitation. While parents in most states have limited rights to physically discipline their children, another adult or family member has NO RIGHT to use force against a child. I would be enraged.
The law is the last thing you want to involve in family matters. A complete break up of relationships , and a sure way to alienate you from every one. This is extreme and nuts, unless some broken bones or bleeding is involved. And still, a nice beat down onto his brother is better than calling the cops.
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