I have a 5 year old who will get an attitude sometimes and in public she may cry if she doesn't get what she wants, I would never even think of smacking her. I always get down on her level and tell her the way she is acting is unacceptable and if she continues to act that way I will make sure to take away her favorite toy when we get home, or not let her watch her iPad for a couple of days. After telling her this she will 9 times out of 10 adjust her attitude.. I don't even spank her. I feel she is too young.. at home I put her in timeout and take away toys as discipline but in public I threaten to do so when we get home if she doesn't straighten up and she will listen most of the time because the few times she hasn't listened she got the punishment when we arrived back home! It's totally understandable getting frustrated with your child, especially if they are old enough to know how to act, but hitting them and embarrassing them will definitely not help the situation!

@chelseanmicahmathis, I would think it would! I would have loved to say something to her though....I just couldn’t because I didn’t want to deal with someone getting angry at me because I saw them doing something like that and I don’t know the whole story so maybe it wasn’t my business?

@mommyofgirlnboy, this is the first time I have ever seen that and honestly I just walked away because if I didn’t i probably would have gotten into an argument with the mother and I don’t know what she is going through and I really don’t know the whole story behind it so I figured I would just walk away. I ended up leaving the store because i just couldn’t stop thinking about that poor little girl

@t143, I used to get hit too. I have gotten hit in the face before and it didn’t reach me anything good. I have tapped my little one on the hand when she is trying to grab something but I wouldn’t hit my kid especially out in public. I would have been so embarrassed! I don’t think it’s right....I just ugh my heart hurts for that little girl

I wanted to say something but I’d don’t want to put myself in a bad position especially since the mother seemed frustrated and agitated already.

It really got me angry but I didn’t say anything. I know that different people handle their children different ways it just hurt my heart. She could have been being a pain in the butt, but it wish she would have just left the store or something instead of wailing on her. I don’t like seeing things like that at all😞

😞 I used to get hit. But never in the face! If I ever hit my child it will probably be on the hand. I don’t know what I would’ve done. Poor girl. Kids learn behavior. I hope she doesn’t think hitting to get her way is the right way.

I've never seen this happen in front of me...it angers me to see this n Lord knows i know how kids cam get but I really dnt know how i would react or not react.