Take your hand in an open position and make it forcefully contact the child? I do think Stephens is at fault, but I also think this should be one huge-ass wake-up call to parents that let their kids do whatever the fuck they please. Don't give other people a reason to discipline your child for you and they won't. It's not that difficult.
I've read about this the other day. You should have read the responses people had to say. Some condemned the old man while some blamed the mother for letting her child screamed and crying inside of a public place.
Sarcasm, huh. Let me guess your kid, if you have one, probably has bruise marks all over him/her, since you obviously don't mind people hitting kids. I understand I too hate kids always crying and screaming. How's that for sarcasm ,(not), am I in the ball park?
This. Parents with younger children should take this story as a valuable lesson -- learn to discipline the kids properly and not let them act like a bunch of spoiled rotten brats. I can imagine.
Someone should SLAP some sense into him. ....Dohohohohoho. You guys see what I did there? But really, if I see a baby crying anywhere I don't hit it. I just point out to people that's why I don't want kids. Kids are only nice from ages 7-12. From 1-4 they cry all the time. From 5-6 they're spoiled brats, and from 13-19...well, they usually go back to being spoiled brats. I'm 16 and I have enough sense to respect my parents and not annoy the hell or be rude to people I don't know. It's common sense. To people who have kids and took this offense to this, I'm talking about the majority of kids. If yours are fine, that's great. Yipee. Old guy's still a dick though.
if a kid is just throwing a tantrum, the best thing to do is to not give in, so those mothers are probably actually doing the right thing. if you try to make them stop, the attention they're getting keeps them going forever. ignore them and they'll stop within 5 minutes. it's called the terrible twos for a reason. i realize other people may get annoyed, but as a parent you gain this wonderful skill to drown out your own child's voice. this definitely isn't right. i have a 9-year old and a 3-year old, and the 3-year old is definitely the easy one.
QFT. I don't mind kids crying, but what really pisses me of is when a parent or and older person that should know better throws a tantrum or acts in anger at kids. People want kids to be more and more mature nowadays at way too young of an age. What happened to letting kids be kids.
Perhaps, the question is, whether he would get more or less time if he had slapped the mother instead?
Maybe he thought he had the touch!!! "Cmon light our darkest hour, shut this kid up." Remember in past days it took a village to raise a child. Although I may disagree with his methods, you know there are two sides to a story. He probably thought "back in my day, our parents discipline kids acting up. Now we have school shooting, high drop out rates... I'm gonna show this mom to have some backbone."
jail time for this? nar a fine and all this humiliation should do that for punishment. it just seems to me the old guy just doesnt remember how to handle kids or never had any of his own.
Hehe. Look, while everyone's still on this, the child already done let it go. Nice. Although, What that guy did was just plain violent, and he should be punished. Hmm... jail time for slapping someone else's child... I can see it now: "What're you in for?" "I killed a guy 'cuz he started singing 'The Touch' right in the middle of the bus. You?" "I slapped a crying toddler in a Wal*Mart." "Wow, you're a real a**hole, aren't you?"
I think the judge should take the guy back to the Walmart and give him five across the eyes in public. The worst thing for a guy who wants to feel like a "big man" is to be emasculated in public. Of course,I guess wearing a mophead as a wig and lying on the concrete while Bubba gives in to his unspeakable urges is pretty emasculating too. Maybe jail is the answer.
Yeah,good point. Next time someone beats a 2 year old in a WalMart,I'll remember to get his side of the story.
Christ and people freaked out when I yelled at an 8-10 year old kid for ripping open transformers in walmart WTF?! I know it's wrong but I applaud that man. He's got balls. Old, hairy, saggy balls. Seriously that was fucking hilarious what he said. Eh, kids crying in stores, in movie theaters, etc. is one of my major pet peeves.
