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"About fifteen years ago, An 5-year old kid was ripping toys out of packing @ Kroger in KY...the mother wasn't around, I followed that kid back to his mom, whispered to her what happen...she looked @ the kid, emptied his pockets, pull his pants, gave him a spanking -there on the spot in front of everybody...hopefully the kid mended his ways...if the parents are told...good parents (hopefully) will take remedial action quickly... "

I stood in line at a store yesterday with a basket of stuff in my arms. A 4 yr old in front of me *with his mom watching* proceeded to take stuff out of my basket very boldly while I'm saying "no-no that's not yours" and "no that's mine" and the mother said absolutely NOTHING to him. He actually tried to take the basket from me altogether at one point. I ended up putting my basket down and leaving the store because there was no other line available and I couldn't get the mother to stop her child from harrassing me. She actually laughed at one point even though I thought I was making it very obvious that I didn't think it was funny. I guess it was my fault though for smiling at the child beforeit started when he said hello to me./sarcasm If my 2 1/2 yr old did that to someone, he'd either get spanked or removed from the store. I know a 4yr old is young but it's still old enough to be punished for aggrivating strangers.