Child taken off plane because mother slapped her...

[CityChicker]

I couldn't get the story to open either, but who in the world would slap (or spank period) a 13-month old child? That is so non-sensical, especially since it seems it was more than once. I mean seriously, slapping a 13-month old as punishment is wrong in literally every sense. I cannot think of any situation where that would be the right thing to do. They just don't yet have the capacity to understand that form of punishment.

 

[teach1rusl]

Between slapping a child that young in the face and the "dog bite" black eye, I sure hope that child welfare will become involved and investigate...

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I constitute abuse as striking a child with too much force and 'popping' them anywhere on the body that is not the butt, thighs, or hands. So yes I say 'popping' or 'slapping' this child in the face no matter the age 13 months or 13 years constitutes abuse.

My DD would go into a tantrum when she was a smaller toddler and the only way to get her attention (but not really a punishment) - was a swift 'pop' or really a firm swift tap on the thigh or butt to get her attention to focus on me. Some kids need a tad bit of physical reprimand/interaction to focus them, and mine is one.

However again I constitute slapping in the face to anyone at any age abuse/assault especially on a BABY. OMG I would have slapped the mother if I was the flight attendant.

I also agree with you guys for feeling so sorry for that poor child, but it seems the FATHER of this baby has an issue with the mother - and so it is his duty as a father to get the authorities attention and involvement if they wan to believe the mother's story. So as long as the father doesn't interfere and go to CPS - then its as much his fault for any abuse the child sustains as the unstable/abusive mother.

Some people are not meant to be parents - they just can't handle the stress and really they have no place to have one, and if a woman gets overwhelmed to the point of STRIKING not disciplining a child appropriately, then she needs to seek some kind of help, even if its give up the child or authorities remove that child. People make me sick.

 

[Marshmallow Man]

She could use some anger management courses. If she can't handle the child she should have given the child to the father. 13 months old is a tough age. We took our 14 month at the time baby on a flight from Denver to Ft Worth and she screamed most of the flight. She wanted to walk in the aisle and we of course wouldn't let her. No trick in the book would stop her. At the time I was a frequent flier and I felt very bad for the rest of the passengers.

 

[Southernbelle]

That logic always amazes me - how does slapping or hitting a child teach them to stop kicking or hitting you? Good grief!

 

[welsummerchicks]

How does hitting a 12-13 month old in the face work? It works because the child has seen time and time again, that the slap will be followed by something far, far worse, and they freeze and become silent.

And twenty or thirty years later, when they are isolated, angry, messed up, bitter adults who can't ever get close to anyone for some reason they can't quite fathom, then what is to become of them?

 

[PotterWatch]

I agree that smacking a 13 month-old in the face isn't the way to deal with her crying and that mother probably needs either counseling or parenting classes to teach her better ways to deal with her child. I once watched a mother slap her baby (not old enough to walk yet), in the face for knocking over the drink she had put on the tray of the stroller. I immediately reported it.

 

[FluffyColor]

Yeah- when my parents beat my brother with a belt because he's yelling, all that does is get him to yell louder! What's the point??

I mean, I'm not saying that kids should be allowed to scream for no reason, but how is hitting them going to stop them from making noise???

Confounds me......

 

[chickendude]

I would drop a dime so quick if I witnessed anything like that.

 

[Royd]

Quote:
Do you realize how early a child figures out that incessant screaming allows it to get its desires met?

Here's a solution. They need a special compartment, on airplanes, for parents with screaming brats. Nothing more annoying, than having to sit for four or five hours, next to some two year old, who knows how to punch its parent's buttons, and the parent not really being able to do anything, simply because of the situation.