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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would do nothing. People have different situations in life and honestly it’s none of your business.

I once saw a mom acting similarly to her kid. When they stopped near where I was sitting I complimented the kid’s shoes. I complimented the mom on the kid. She sat next to me and started talking. She had just gotten out of the hospital and had no family support. She was doing her best but she was overwhelmed. The poor kid and poor mom. That’s where my mind goes.[/quote]

I don’t see what being in the hospital has anything to do with telling your toddler you are “going to beat their stupid a**”[/quote]

DP, but you don’t understand how being incredibly stressed can lead parents to lose their shit with their kids?  Really?

There’s not much you can do in these cases, other than to offer some empathy as the PP did.  It’s hard.[/quote]

First PP here. Exactly. It’s about being a community.[/quote]

I can see how this is being a community for the mother. Not sure how this represents being a community for the child whose mother is threatening to beat him.[/quote]

Be realistic. No one is taking a child away from a parent over something like this. My parents beat me and CPS was called. I still eventually went back to my family. Unless the abuse is very horrific the system tries to keep families together. The best thing someone could have done for me before I was of age would have been to offer my parents support. They were incredibly stressed and isolated for many reasons. Having people around them to help would have taken off some of the pressure on our family. It would have decreased the shame and hence the lashing out in anger.[/quote]

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