Going parental: Spanking leads to assault charges (no, they’re not against me)

This is the second time I’ve read about a stranger hitting someone else’s kid in less than two weeks. What is going on? Maybe too many people are reading my blogs and taking them too seriously. I’m only kidding (sort of) when I say I’ll slap your kids around if you wont parent them or if they hurt my kid.  Apparently Gloria Ballard ^[1] thought it was fine to spank another woman’s son after the two-year-old baby boy said something that annoyed her.

Is this bitch for real? Lady, you’re lucky this went down in Cincinnati, because if that were my kid, your ass would be in the hospital, not jail. Last week, Amy Boshnack blogged ^[2] about a man that had slapped a crying two-year-old baby girl in a Walmart because the baby, yes baby wouldn’t stop crying. As reported by CNN ^[3], this lunatic named Roger Stephens warned the mother that if her child didn’t stop crying, he was going to make her stop crying himself. They crossed paths moments later, the child was still crying, and so he grabbed her and proceeded to slap her across the face five or six times.

Let me say this again: Two weeks ago in Atlanta, a 61-year-old man grabbed a crying two-year-old baby girl and slapped her across the face five or so times because she was crying. Yesterday, in Cincinnati, A 44-year-old woman grabbed a two-year-old baby boy and spanked him three times because he was annoying her.

Are crazy pills being handed out at retail outlets these days? Are these people out of their minds? Apparently not everyone thinks so.

If you read the comments section ^[4] on Amy’s blog you’ll see some pretty outrageous remarks. It’s no surprise that the comments blaming the mother for not controlling her child are from people who do not have children. Only an imbecile without a child could look at this situation and blame the mother and totally ignore the fact that a strange man/woman just slapped the crap out of a baby. I’m not saying all adults without children are imbeciles — just the ones who find these scenarios understandable.

I’m beside myself for these parents and these children. I’m not sure what the parents reactions’ were at the time of these incidents, but I’m pretty sure mine would resemble something close to one of those gnarly CGI ^[5] moments in The Incredible HULK ^[6]. Only my version would make Ed Norton’s ^[7] HULK look like a total pansy.

I’m dying to hear your comments. Just know that if you defend either of these abusive lunatics, I’m going to find you and punch you in the teeth.

Going Parental appears every Thursday. Apparently strangers that like to hit two-year-olds are starting to appear every two weeks at your local retail stores. Keep your baseball bats handy moms.