I hope to avoid the public tantrum by never, ever, ever giving in to one....ever. Ben will never get what he wants when he's throws a fit. I hope that keeps it from happening very often.
I"ll report back my results in 13 or 14 years :) On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > yes, it's well-known that slapped children stop crying ;/ I'm actually > surprised they charged him with anything. The mother must have insisted. A > lot of people out there believe that crap. > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The first few days, the news articles just mentioned "man slapped toddler > > in > > store", and there was no outrage. > > > > Then they changed the headline to "stranger slapped toddler in Walmart", > > and > > now there is outrage. > > > > I find that funny. > > > > And yes, the guy makes me long for the days of the pillory in the town > > square. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > "STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (Sept. 2) - Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed > > with > > > a > > > crying 2-year-old girl at a suburban Atlanta Walmart slapped the child > > > several times after warning the toddler's mother to keep her quiet." > > > > > > > > > > > > http://news.aol.com/article/man-slaps-child-in-walmart/653392 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Had it been my child. I think prison would be a welcome change for him. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Scott Stewart > > > ColdFusion Developer > > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > > Raleigh, NC 27616 > > > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
