Posted on 04/30/2015 9:03:07 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
The teenage boy publicly shamed when his mom smacked him around at the Baltimore riots this week said he knows she "really cares about me." A video shows Michael Singleton being dragged from the protests and whacked by his mother, Toya Graham, after she saw him on television and recognized a key piece of clothing.
"What caught my eye was his sweatpants," she told ABC News. "Even though he had on all black, I knew those sweatpants he had on, they had a stripe on the side of it and then his eye contact met mine. And I knew that was my son." Though he was visibly annoyed and tried brushing off his mom in the video that has now gone viral, the 16-year-old recognizes that she was just looking out for him.
"I’m like, 'Oh man! What is my momma doing down here?'" Michael told ABC News, laughing while thinking back to the moment his mom nabbed him Monday afternoon. "All my friends know my mother. Every time they see her they’re like, 'Toya coming.' Oh, yeah she’s coming. Everybody better get straight," he said.
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Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Yup-When I was little, just the IDEA of facing my father when I was wrong... that was enough to keep me in line.
Okay. So why don't you pay attention to her and get yourself 'straight', young man?
“Father”? That is so 1960s!
I read the story in the Blaze about this yesterday... this kid is being treated like some kind of a cast member in a reality show. Does anyone else notice he seemed only to show remorse at getting CAUGHT? Nowhere did I see anything remotely related to an apology for acting like a feral animal and creating mayhem.
"I'm not angry with him anymore. As long as I have breath in my body, you will not be on the streets, selling drugs, you just not going to live like that.”
Smart mom.
What this woman did was take on the role of a father. Imagine if all these rioting scum had fathers who stuck around and cared for them. Apparently daddy government doesn’t do such a good job of guiding it’s children.
I heard her say that those police might have to come to her home one day for protection. I applaud her.
Because he is at the point where the influence of other teens is bigger than the influence of his mother. No mention of the father.
“Oh, yeah she’s coming. Everybody better get straight,” he said.”
Great, so why was the little darling there to begin with?
Lol. Don't mess with mom.
What a great mom. He should give her an extra big hug this coming Mothers day.
Right! This single mother had to play daddy too so she smacked him around six times or more. And it seems to have set him straight. At least for the time being
How come Adrian Peterson wasn’t made a hero for being a GREAT Dad for his discipline of his child?
I believe he said that with pride.
She seems to be pretty energetic with two jobs and giving birth/raising to five children. She is one tuff mama!
Toya rocks! Hillary’s “village” sucks.
I trolled over to Democratic Underground yesterday and one poster was railing against the mother, saying she was “so out of control” and should be turned over to Child Protective Services. It takes a village mentality.
I finally took a look at the video shot of her and the can of whupass she opened!
Dang, but his head was rocking back and forth!
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