Happy Tuesday to you! I meant to talk about this last week when it was fresher but we can still talk about it today!

I believe in it taking a village to raise a child but a complete stranger coming up and slapping my 2 year old child four times because she is crying in Wal-Mart, is so far past sound, reasonable behavior, it’s not funny! Oh Jesus… Please help me Lord! I don’t even know what to say about this except, Lord Jesus. Only He (Jesus) would be able to stop the consequences and repercussions that would take place after everybody I know and loved found out. As far as my own daughter, if this had ever happened and her father found out, he would have been a one man force and gladly served time in jail in the name of protecting his one and only daughter.

Why would a 61 year old man feel the need to chastise a two year old little girl with her mamma right there with her? Yes, we have all been in Wal-Mart and on airplanes and in places of business where a crying/whining child got on our nerves and we wanted them quieted but… this is unbelievable! Below is the story, with his picture. Don’t he look a hot mess? Read the article and share your reactions. He’s gotta pay and pay dearly for his actions!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/02/georgia.tot.slapped/index.html?iref=newssearch

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Is there anything that could make you kick your child out of the house?  If your child isn’t being arrested or addicted to drugs or beating anyone up or participating in anything that physically harms you or any family member living in the home, is there anything that would warrant kicking out your child when they reach age 18 years old even if they haven’t graduated from high school?  Is the metamorphose your teenager goes through – that seems to have totally changed their mind into a foreign object physically resembling the person you birthed and nurtured and enabled – really a transformation or just an older, stronger, more outspoken version of the child you brought home from the hospital feeling proud as a peacock? At what point and to what extent should they be allowed to be themselves vs. existing within the confines of your rules while still in your house? Do you let them express themselves in every aspect of life or is asking them to be who you want them to be stifling their growth and their personality? WHAT could make you invoke tough love and say, you are no longer welcome here and your time is up? Help all the parents living with a teenager about to erupt into adulthood! Holla back!