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I can't honestly say that I'd be too pleased with a stranger who took it upon themself to strike my kid onwards of 25 times in a public setting (and by no stretch am I opposed to spankings in general).
I do agree, though, with the scrutiny surrounding the parents of this kid...
WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. -- A Dollar General employee arrested in Wrightsville last week for hitting a child with a belt has now been charged with two felonies, aggravated assault and cruelty to children. The charges were upgraded from simple battery because according to the police chief, store video shows the woman hitting the 8 year old at least 25 times.
The clerk was wrong, without a doubt. The clerk should NEVER have put their hands on this child.
Where were the parents?
Just an observation, technically, he assaulted her when he threw an object at her, I wonder if she will bring charges against the child for assault and battery?
I wonder what we would be saying, had the clerk, been smarter, and instead of a belt, called the police and had the child arrested. Yeah, I know, 8 years old, yada yada yada. At 8 years old I knew better than to be disrespectful and throw things at people.
She was wrong, no two ways about it. I don't even think you should hit your own child with a belt. But.... Where was the supervision of this child while he was in the store? Had he been properly supervised by his mother the clerk would have never had the opportunity to touch him, let alone beat him.
Meh. Kids are imperfect and so are their parents. We are all human. We have no idea what happened or why really. YDS has PDD-NOS and tends to run away. Yes, we always keep an eye on him but he can be fast. I can see him doing something like this. If that clerk hit my son, I really don't know what would happen because I would be seeing red. I really would.
I guess I must be the only one with imperfect children that fail to behave 365/24/7.
I don't think anybody is claiming their kids are perfect, but I would be appalled to have my kid on television telling the story of how he told a stranger, "You want to see bad? I will show you bad." and then throwing something at her. I don't look down on parents who are at least trying to control their kids. That the parent could be oblivious to the alleged beating and the precipitating incident says to me that she was not pay attention to what her kid was doing in the slightest.
Not that any of that excuses what the clerk did in any way.
I would have thrown him out of the store along with the parents, he is obviously a product of permissive parenting. For him to speak to another adult with total disrespect is unacceptable and inexcusable on the parents part. As a child I would never even thought of talking to another adult in that manner. There is a lack of disipline at home in this case, but the clerks actions were a bit over the top.
Meh. Kids are imperfect and so are their parents. We are all human. We have no idea what happened or why really. YDS has PDD-NOS and tends to run away. Yes, we always keep an eye on him but he can be fast. I can see him doing something like this. If that clerk hit my son, I really don't know what would happen because I would be seeing red. I really would.
What about your son talking to the clerk that way, what would you have done about that?
Meh. Kids are imperfect and so are their parents. We are all human. We have no idea what happened or why really. YDS has PDD-NOS and tends to run away. Yes, we always keep an eye on him but he can be fast. I can see him doing something like this. If that clerk hit my son, I really don't know what would happen because I would be seeing red. I really would.
Surely, since you keep an eye on him, you'd be looking for him once he ran off. This kid had enough time to create some sort of scene, have a confrontation with a clerk, throw something at her, get chased by her, and get hit 25 times. All that took more than a short amount of time. Not to mention, it probably wasn't a real quiet encounter. Most of the time, or at least all I have seen, those are not very large stores. Three people in this situation are in the wrong - the clerk, the kid, and the mom. Had the mother at least tried to do her job this would not have happened. Probably part of what set the clerk off was that she felt the mother wasn't doing her job and making the kid behave. I wonder if this family were regular customers and the kid was just up to his usual shenanigans and this time the clerk snapped. Had any of three -the clerk, the kid, or the mom - behaved appropriately this would have most likely never happened.
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Originally Posted by Magritte25
I guess I must be the only one with imperfect children that fail to behave 365/24/7.
There is normal child misbehavior, which all children engage in because it's part of being a child, and then there is out-of-control inexcusable misbehavior. My guess is this kid was doing the latter and it was typical of him.
Depends how one is brought up.. If you are taught to respect your elders , the child would not have thrown a cookie and the beating would not have taken place. Get to the root first.. not that the woman was right in hitting the child.. that was an extreme reaction.
The parents should have been told that the child was out of control and told to leave the store. Some parents would stick up for the child no matter what they did.. this is bad parenting if they did that.
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We have no idea what happened or why really. YDS has PDD-NOS and tends to run away. Yes, we always keep an eye on him but he can be fast. I can see him doing something like this. If that clerk hit my son, I really don't know what would happen because I would be seeing red. I really would.
