Xous said:Yeah, I'm kinda with vilebaseball on this. It was a bit extreme, but it would have been a good lesson learned.
Now, if the children were a little older, then I'd say this was absolutely justified, especially since the mother returned so quickly. I guess I'm just the type of person that respects stricter child punishment, such as "lesson learning" - something seen so very rarely nowadays. (However, this would most likely be the line of how far I'd ever want a parent to go. Beating your children and "teaching them a lesson" are two very different worlds.)
I agree with you, Xous. A lot of parents would just say "sweetie, please stop arguing or mommy will only give you 1 bowl of ice cream for desert." Again, though, had the kids been older, it would have been a good lesson to teach the kids, but, yeah, I think 10 and 12 are kind of young to be doing this to.
Did the article/news story say anything about where this took place? If it was a small town or something, I don't think it would be a huge deal, but if it were the downtown of New York (exaggeration) that would give a reason for concern.
Zach