[JoeProBono]

[San Jacinto]

Debate? You don’t slap a 13 month old baby. End of debate.

[keats5]

Like slapping a 13 month old would make the kid stop crying.

[HerrBlucher]

The baby slapper was just exercising her right to choose....the baby should be happy the mother didn’t stab it or drown it./s

[hosepipe]

Whats needed is the SLAPPING of the slappers..
Busybodies with a scewed(brain washed) view of parenting..

[Reddy]

You don’t slap (or “pop”) a l3-month old baby. EVER.

[exDemMom]

Sometimes, a little discipline administered at the right time saves years of heartache later.

What most people are commenting on is the slapping; hardly anyone has commented on the fact that the baby kicked her. An action like that left uncorrected gives the kid a clear message that kicking is an effective way of getting his/her way.

When little, my son NEVER grabbed at items in stores, nor did he ever fuss about being put in the shopping cart. According to my husband, I had slapped his little hand the first time he tried reaching for anything. It only took once.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks JoeProBono.

America's latest folk-hero flight attendant may be the one on a Southwest Airlines jet who took a 13-month-old baby from her mother after the woman slapped the crying child for kicking her... "We live in such a 'mind your own business' and `I'll sue you for getting involved' society that I feel we're afraid to stand up sometimes for the right thing," said Jen Reynolds, 38, a stay-at-home mom to 15-year-old and 16-month-old boys in Sandwich, Ill...

Obviously the thing to do here is medicate the child, who has some kind of disorder that will qualify her for lifelong disability payments.

As I approach fogeyhood, I've found that I don't much care for the a-hole antics of undisciplined children, such as the whole family (two parents present with their four-under-five-years-old brood) who whined, yelled, screamed, and otherwise acted up their way through the gourmand grocery store during my visit last night. BTW, thanks again to ADemocratNoMore for recommending Graber Olives, I found 'em, and plan to use them as a birthday gift for one of the olive lovers in my family (on your say-so; I won't pay $8 a can for freakin' olives unless there was a carat emerald giveaway contest).