Child hits mom in supermarket.

I can't even begin to imagine that!!!!! That's when I would have marched out of the supermarket (nuts to the grocceries,) taken the kid home and stuck her in her room, and made sure she stayed there!!!

I could see this happening becuase so many people are afraid to punish their children. People have been told that you can't spank your child - that you need to talk to them in a quiet voice. Well you know what people - sometimes that just doesn't work. Kids are getting away with so many things now. I would have never gotten away with a minor fit - much less a full blown hitting episode. Parents need to take back the control. I will admit - if my child disobeys and won't listen to a warning - they will get a spanking. They know better than to act out.

Oh my word, If I ever thought my son was going to straight up hit me, we would have problems...I believe all this stems from letting the children have their way and don't enforce any sort of disciplinary actions, whether it's taking away their favorite things, time out what have you. I've seen this in the stores so many times and I just shake my head. Those are the ones that grow up thinking that it's my way, and the downfall is when the parents get enough of taking the abuse and embarrassment in public is when they want to start, by then, it's too late and it's far worst then when they were younger. I will be the first to admit, I can look at my son a certain way and he knows right then and there he better stop what he's doing...I've been disciplining my son from a young age, taking away things he LOVE and can't live without...lol I can say my son at the age of almost 12 never talked back to me, hit me, or did anything that would mentually or physically harm me or him. That right there lets me know I raised my son and continue to raise my son right

Nowadays, the parents are so nice that they don't want to hurt their children. They offer all the best that can offer to their kids, but the kid seems to think that it is a must for the parents to do it for them. Sometimes I see something like this in my city. Some of them is even very very young indeed, it is so upset to see this happen. What do others think?

That is so sad!! I couldn't imagine my kids smacking me in the face, I would definitely spank for that. I definitely wouldn't just cry, but I would try to explain first that we don't hit and that does hurt mommy.

The last time my son threw a tantrum in the middle of a grocery store I took his arms, crossed them in front of him and held them there and told him that we were going to stand like that in the middle of the store until he calmed down. He struggled and screamed and cried, but as soon as he realized that I wasn't going to let go and that we were indeed going to stand there until he stopped, he calmed down and stopped having a tantrum. I then told him that his behavior was unacceptable and that if he wanted to come with me in the future that he needed to be a good boy. He hasn't had a tantrum in a store since. Parents seem to be having trouble with the idea that THEY are in charge--not the child. I've had to explain this to my husband before as well. He's the parent, and he needs to set the rules. The child is not in charge and does not have control over the situation and he needs to know that. If my child were to hit me, especially in public, there would be consequences. Luckily, I've raised my son to know that hitting is not acceptable, and he's never even tried to strike me.

She must let her child walk all over her at home too. No way would I have gotten away with this behaviour when I was a child. Then again, my mother wasn't afraid to give me a swat on the rear in public. (People don't interfer where I am from) I would have given her hand a swat. The child should never be allowed to hit. full stop. Obviously talking did no good, the child didn't care. The mother should also not show the child that she was made to cry over her actions. Sounds like a brat to me.

i think some parents are scared..or just don't believe in spanking a child. they might think they'll get reported or thought of as abusive if you spank a child. you don't know how many discussions i've had about dicipline on here. and i've always said. "some kids just NEED to be spanked" and you witnessed one child. different methods of dicipline works on diferent children. some, taking toys away and time out works. some need other methods. the last resort for a young child like that is spanking. my son is 4 and he knows if he acts up in public i'm not scared to spank him anymore. i got tired of him walking all over me. sometimes talking and compromising works. especially when i know why he's upset or i know he's getting tired and grouchy. parents do need to toughen up or not take their kids out. sometimes kids act out worse while in public because they know their parents won't/can't do something because of other people watching. they need to disreguard that fear and just stand up to your child. especially if they hit/bite or are physically angery...that has to be stopped NOW or it will develop into something worse when they becom older, bulling or even physical abuse against another student or spouse or even their own children when they become older.

Wow ... This is appauling and it is not right and i can not believe that the mother cried i would of spanked my childs bum and i would not of felt bad either! Imagine what this child will be doing to his or her mother in another 5 years or even ten. That sort of behavior is unacceptable both on the mothers part and the childs!

if it were me, and my son did that, it wouldve only taken once, and he wouldve been spanked. I dont care what other people think of it..in my opinion, they can either let me discipline MY way, or they can let their taxes go towards taking care of him when he's in prison bc he wasnt properly beat as a child. *some sarcasm there*. My son is VERY well behaved for an 8 yr old, but thats because I was very strict with him, bc I was a single parent until he was 7, and I had to do it all on my own. Now he respects me more than his step dad, but we are working on that!

Maybe she cried out of her frustration that her child has a bad attitude. And maybe she is blaming herself for her child's bad attitude. I am not yet a parent but I could just imagine how hurt I will be if my child will hit me. The pain it will cause is more of emotional than the physical. I believe that children reflects how their parents brought them up.

I think that this happens because that parents are afraid to spank their children when they really needed. A spanking is not abuse unless you are only spanking when you are angry or you are leaving brusies, or cuts. A four year old doing this is showing that they believe they are the one that is boss not the mom. JMO

I have seen the same thing happen! I saw a boy who was maybe 3 and it looked like he actually hit his mom with his balled up fist and continued to do so, and the mom just kept saying don't do that, you know you're not suppose to do that- I was also appalled! I was thinking, what the heck! these moms aren't even acting like it's a big deal! If children think they can smack their parents around, imagine how they will treat other kids! I would take my child into the bathroom, explain what they were doing was very wrong and unacceptable and spank them on the bottom. If they continued to misbehave, we would just leave. However, I don't imagine my children ever acting like that, my brothers or me never would have, ever. I think it has to do with how a child is raised when they are that young.

yes thats very much shame on the parents . they should not allow the child to do like that .

Not all disciplinary problems can be solved with a spanking or even a time-out. When children have certain medically diagnosed social disorders, spanking is the last thing you want to do because you are only reinforcing the negative behavior. It is clear the mother in question needed help with her child. It is also clear this was an ongoing problem that she has been dealing with. Interviews with a number of killers in prison reveal they had very strict upbringing. They did not suffer from a lack of someone sparing the rod. Quite the contrary. No one took the time to figure out what deep seated problem they really had or how to fix it. The charitable thing to do when you see someone alone having a difficult time with her child is to offer to help with her groceries so she can concentrate on her child. It may be that mother will welcome a friendly face in the crowd, rather than condemnation for not choosing to abuse her already distraught child. You may be surprised by what you learn when you talk to her. Think about it. Normal, healthy, four-year olds are not naturally antagonistic toward their mothers. They cling to Mommy. They want to run around and play. They get cranky when they get tired, but they don't beat up their Mommy.

My son when he was about 4 did that just once and I gave him just one sharp whap across his butt then I said "You do not ever hit mommy not ever" and he just did not.KIds need boundaries and look for them so you need to give them limits and be consistent. I never spanked my son per se just gave him a sharp smack on the seat with my hand when he was going to get into danger. I did explain each time but there was not that many times. I used the face, that was what my mom used to do to me, and when she made that face oh lord be carefu what you do. I was never spanked but the face that always did it.I learned that and it worked with my kids too. Letting a child hit you is just plain stupid and does nothing to show the child that what is doing is wrong.

It is such a painful site, now a days children dont respect parents a bit. The child should be diciplined at an early age, if not then this is the result. I have an expample in my house, my maternal aunt and her son who is about 10 years old. When ever she tries to teach him something he hits her back, and it gets very difficult to stop him from doing so. She beats him up but then ends up with a sorry!! He is unmanageable and dosent care who is around before beating his mom. It so happened that she bought up the child alone all by herself as her husband is working out off town and he just visits them once a while. So she gave her son so much love and care that he has started taking it for granted. I just hope and wish that theses children one day understand their parents.

I watch shows like the Supernanny and Nanny 911 sometimes and I am absolutely disgusted at these parents. I mean, I understand that some children are legitimately abused, and that's horrible and I feel for those kids so much, but honestly. Kids are growing up to be TERRORS because their parents are afraid of discipline. Having a discussion on violence might be fine for a twenty-year-old, but to a four-year-old, they're just words. A child needs to learn that you do NOT hit anyone, especially your parents. If they don't learn, a good spanking will fix that right up. I never believe in hitting your kids abusively, but we've got to get discipline back into parenting. I fear seeing the next generation if we don't.

I see this all the time even getting worse as each year goes by. I see kids throwing them self down throwing a temper for not getting a candy bar ect... or hitting parent and grand parents even. No respect. I see it at my school too, as I'm a school custodian at an elementary level, kinder to 5th grade 20 years now.

I definately think that the woman should have spanked her child, I definately would have. My step son got grounded for a week for telling me "You don't tell me what to do!" in a public restaurant, of course he would have been grounded even if it happened at home but still... People wonder why their kids are out of control, and why we need shows like SuperNanny and Nanny911, this is why. Perfect example: My best friend has a little boy, my godson, who is 2.5 yrs old. About a year ago he got into the biting thing and kept biting my best friend really hard. She didn't know what to do, I kept telling her to bite him back, and she said she was, problem was she wasn't doing it hard enough. I finally had to explain to her that if she is biting him back and it doesn't hurt him he continues to think it's a game and doesn't understand he's hurting you. But, if you bite him just hard enough for him to jump back, or have a slight pain induced reaction, he will learn real quick that getting bit isn't fun, and he'll stop biting because he doesn't want you to bite him back. Well, finally, after about two months of biting she took my advice and bit him pretty hard. Her son is stubborn and hard headed but it still only took her biting him a few time before he kicked the habit. Point is, you HAVE to discipline your child. Talking is always the first thing to do. Explain to them. Give them choices and consequences, then FOLLOW THROUGH on your punishment (most important step people!!) If all you do is make idle threats your kid will pick it up fast and think that mom/dad is all talk. You have to keep control of your kids or they will run your life.