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It's not that I think what she did was okay. I just expected her to be one type of person, the crazy, unhinged type, and then when I read her interview she sounded more thoughtful. For me, it meant that even a fairly reasonable person might be driven to some extremes by this type of thing. Anyway, at no point did I say that's all she should have to do after assaulting a minor is express regret. However, now that you've raised that issue, i guess I don't think she should go to jail for years and years or lose her children, either. Assaulting a minor, well, technically yes. She put her hands around his neck. Bad, bad move. Yes, she should get some punishment for that - a hefty fine and some community service. But do you really take this woman to be a menace, like she needs to be removed from the street? Her frame of mind will be considered and the provocation of what happened to her daughter, which does not appear to be in any dispute, will be considered. No, it is not okay. Obviously the mother is saying that she should not have done what she did. However, she said that complaints about the bullying fell on deaf ears; that she was not able to get help from the system. All of this will be noted. And in my opinion, it DOES make a difference. This isn't just some mom randomly assaulting a child. She was defending her own child. Again, I do NOT agree it was okay, but I don't think it's the same thing as someone just beating up a defenseless little boy. Child abuse can mean anything from beating the hell out of a 3 year old (or worse) to slapping a 17 year old. Big difference between the two, although both are wrong.

She did more than just "put her hands around his neck". The boy's mother decided to press charges when she found red marks on his neck. To squeeze hard enough to leave red marks that would not have faded by the time he got home after being assaulted at the mall? She grabbed him around the neck strong enough to bruise. Had this been a man, who had grabbed a girl around the neck hard enough to bruise, would ANYONE be making up excuses for why an adult who completely loses it enough to bruise a teenager should not be punished?

She's a violent criminal. Sorry, but there is something wrong when an adult uses serious violence on a minor except in self-defense and at a minimum that person needs to have a record of criminal violence and should be restricted in their proximity to children.

I am more concerned with the 13 year old little girl showing her short shorts in a facebook picture. Monitor your children people. I hope the mother goes to jail. She was not acting in self defense, why in the world did she have her hands around a childs neck? Would she do this to a 7 year old that was talking bad about her little girl? No.... Would you people then say go mom? No...so why are you saying Go Mom now? She put her hands on a child. That is abuse.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like she took matters into her own hands.

Yeah....you gotta hand it to her.

Clearly, something got a hold of her.

Yeah. She needs to get a grip.

Anonymous wrote:I agree with some of the comments from the article - that while what the mom did was wrong, if I was the parent of the bully, I wouldn't press charges. I'd tell my son, that's what you get for bullying a classmate.

I agree. And if I had a son who said those things about a girl, I'd probably be choking him myself.

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Anonymous wrote:At first I wasn't going to read the links, and my opinion was basically like, wow, that sounds so white trash and terrible. But, the mom so clearly regrets what she did, and she actually comes across as being well-spoken. The PPs saying why don't you get the kids off of the internet, well, the mom actually addressed that in the intervew:

Piscitella said there are lessons that other parents can learn from her experience.
"I want people to, obviously, try to go through the proper channels," she said. "I want you to monitor your children and what your children are doing on Facebook because, obviously, if you look on the Facebook of the children in question, the things that are on there, as a parent, I would shut it down immediately."

Gee, that's all it takes to get over an adult assaulting a minor? From the minute she encountered this boy, she was belligerent and abusive. In her own words, she immediately confronted the child with expletives. Then, when he showed no contrition, she assaulted him. I find it deplorable that violence has become so commonplace that people are giving this adult bully and violent child abuser a bye. I don't condone the teen bully or his actions, but the fact is that regardless of provocation, the victim is still a minor victim and the abuser is an adult that should know better. I have to say that someone with this type of temper that would immediately accost a minor with expletives and then when angered would assault a minor should be listed as a child abuser and be restricted from being too close to minors.

In no other violent crimes, so they use contrition and eloquence to waive punishment. Decrease it perhaps, but she deserves some punishment for physically assaulting a minor.

It's not that I think what she did was okay. I just expected her to be one type of person, the crazy, unhinged type, and then when I read her interview she sounded more thoughtful. For me, it meant that even a fairly reasonable person might be driven to some extremes by this type of thing. Anyway, at no point did I say that's all she should have to do after assaulting a minor is express regret. However, now that you've raised that issue, i guess I don't think she should go to jail for years and years or lose her children, either. Assaulting a minor, well, technically yes. She put her hands around his neck. Bad, bad move. Yes, she should get some punishment for that - a hefty fine and some community service. But do you really take this woman to be a menace, like she needs to be removed from the street? Her frame of mind will be considered and the provocation of what happened to her daughter, which does not appear to be in any dispute, will be considered. No, it is not okay. Obviously the mother is saying that she should not have done what she did. However, she said that complaints about the bullying fell on deaf ears; that she was not able to get help from the system. All of this will be noted. And in my opinion, it DOES make a difference. This isn't just some mom randomly assaulting a child. She was defending her own child. Again, I do NOT agree it was okay, but I don't think it's the same thing as someone just beating up a defenseless little boy. Child abuse can mean anything from beating the hell out of a 3 year old (or worse) to slapping a 17 year old. Big difference between the two, although both are wrong.

Did she really choke him or just put her hands around his neck? That kid needed a wake up call. Not angry mom but some guy his age to take him to the ground and out for a while.

Anonymous wrote:Dear Lord -

any Italians catch her name?

Piscitella

LOL!

?????? C'mon, share!

Anonymous wrote:At first I wasn't going to read the links, and my opinion was basically like, wow, that sounds so white trash and terrible. But, the mom so clearly regrets what she did, and she actually comes across as being well-spoken. The PPs saying why don't you get the kids off of the internet, well, the mom actually addressed that in the intervew:

Piscitella said there are lessons that other parents can learn from her experience.
"I want people to, obviously, try to go through the proper channels," she said. "I want you to monitor your children and what your children are doing on Facebook because, obviously, if you look on the Facebook of the children in question, the things that are on there, as a parent, I would shut it down immediately."

Gee, that's all it takes to get over an adult assaulting a minor? From the minute she encountered this boy, she was belligerent and abusive. In her own words, she immediately confronted the child with expletives. Then, when he showed no contrition, she assaulted him. I find it deplorable that violence has become so commonplace that people are giving this adult bully and violent child abuser a bye. I don't condone the teen bully or his actions, but the fact is that regardless of provocation, the victim is still a minor victim and the abuser is an adult that should know better. I have to say that someone with this type of temper that would immediately accost a minor with expletives and then when angered would assault a minor should be listed as a child abuser and be restricted from being too close to minors.

In no other violent crimes, so they use contrition and eloquence to waive punishment. Decrease it perhaps, but she deserves some punishment for physically assaulting a minor.

At first I wasn't going to read the links, and my opinion was basically like, wow, that sounds so white trash and terrible. But, the mom so clearly regrets what she did, and she actually comes across as being well-spoken. The PPs saying why don't you get the kids off of the internet, well, the mom actually addressed that in the intervew:

Piscitella said there are lessons that other parents can learn from her experience.
"I want people to, obviously, try to go through the proper channels," she said. "I want you to monitor your children and what your children are doing on Facebook because, obviously, if you look on the Facebook of the children in question, the things that are on there, as a parent, I would shut it down immediately."

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like she took matters into her own hands.

Yeah....you gotta hand it to her.

Clearly, something got a hold of her.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with some of the comments from the article - that while what the mom did was wrong, if I was the parent of the bully, I wouldn't press charges. I'd tell my son, that's what you get for bullying a classmate.

CHild abuse my ass. He was17yo, 6ft and 200lbs. That's a man. That said, the facebook element is what gets me. If your child is being harmed on the internet- get her off the internet. Not fair, but better than letting her get suicidal. Little asshole's parents shouldn't ahve pressed charges. Likely they are assholes too.

Clearly you read something other than what I read. The title of the linked article says the bully was 14 years old. So did several other articles that I googled. Where did you get the information that he was 17, 6ft and 200lbs? Most news articles won't reveal details about th 14 yo because he's a minor and they aren't supposed to print identifying information about him.

Anonymous wrote:You can't fight bullying with bullying. The mom is a bully herself. If the daughter did it, I think that would be a different case. The mom is an adult and should have acted as one.

+1.

While it is understandable that she was upset, she is a child abuser. And someone that would actually do this to a child really should not be around children. If being angered triggers such a physical response, she should be punished. If it was the victim's father instead of mother, how many of you would still want him to be treated leniantly? Most of you would probably want the book thrown at the abuser. Same thing. She's a bully and a child abuser.

I definitely don't think the mom was nuts - her feelings of anger are understandable. However, I feel that what she did isn't going to help her daughter, and may lead to more problems for the poor girl.

Good for her!

If someone said my daughter was too ugly to rape, I would fucking kill him, or at least seriously harm him. Well, probably not, but I would want to.