[lsee]

Not very typical of a just beaten kid

Just how many "just beaten" kids have you observed to base this statement on?

When my kids were younger and chose to 'pitch a fit' while in their carseats, the only thing they COULD do while restrained was kick their legs and wave their arms and yell bloody murder. Children who are very upset DO thrash their legs, Texaggie79. From a distance, such thrashing might look like "happy bouncing", but after a whopping like that, is it LOGICAL that the child was happily kicking her legs?

[Texaggie79]

I have been around my niece and 2 nephews since their infancy. I know what their legs look like when they are trying to escape or are crying. There is a discernible difference in that, and the relaxed muscled kicking they do when they are happy or bored.

I'm not defending her or anything. From what it sounds like, according to her record, it sounds like this is something she might do. If they are indeed hiding, then it looks like they are guilty.

I have just seen too many parents lifes ruined or threatened by misunderstandings of nosy neighbors.