Woman Allegedly Spanks Someone Else’s Toddler In Store
Published: September 16, 2009
CINCINNATI—Police say a woman has been arrested for allegedly spanking another woman’s 2-year-old son in a store.
Gloria Ballard was due in a Hamilton County court later Wednesday to face an assault charge.
Cincinnati police say the toddler said something that apparently annoyed her inside a Salvation Army store on Tuesday. Police say she then told the boy’s mother she didn’t know how to take care of her son, put him over her knee, and spanked him three times.
Police say the two women didn’t know each other and that the 44-year-old Ballard wasn’t given permission to touch the child.
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lmao, that is funny but uncalled for. I have been so annoyed in the store before that I have thought of asking the parent of a child to make them be quiet and control their child, but I have never thought of grabbing someone else’s child and spanking them hahahahhah.
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Pennykaye,
With all due respect, I don’t believe you. There is no child; heck, there is no person, who has never done anything to annoy someone in a public place. Your daughter, at some point in her life, annoyed someone.
And I cannot believe anyone would defend this woman. When an adult stranger annoys me, should I just go and pop them in the mouth, then? I’ve been tempted to leave the store without paying for stuff because the line was ridiculously slow. That OK, too?
We’ve all been tempted to do things that are wrong to annoying people, yes, but some small level of self restraint is in order.
The woman who spanked someone else’s 2-year-old and her defenders expect the *2-year-old* to conduct himself with perfect behavior when this woman seemingly has no ability to control herself at 44? Yeah, she’s a great example. An example of someone who’s parents never taught them how to behave in public.
DH,
Maybe you should read my post again….I said not all people who shop there are bad. But in this case, this piece of trash was. I hope the SA is there in case I need them. But I will do everything in power to leave that store to people who need it more than me. You know, like the elderly who don’t have much of an income, disabled people on a fixed income. PEOPLE who need it more than me, and I’m not talking about people on welfare that are perfectly healthy to go and find some sort of job.
First of all, Ms. Ballard had no right to touch someone else’s child. I do not know what the child said, but most 2yr olds are barely learning to speak, let alone know what they are saying. So if you want to blame anyone for the in apropriate language, it should be the parent. That little one would not even know what the word or words meant. So instead of punishing the child, speak to the parent of how they need to watch what they say around the little ones as this is their learning time, they pick up on everything we do and say. So “watch what you say, it could come back to bite you”
To the lady that made the remark about shopping in Salvation Army store to begin with. My daughter-in-law is a registered nurse and she and I go shopping at SA, VOA, and other stores in our area, you would be surprised ant the nice clothes we find, some still have the tags on them. What a better place to shop, espically if you have small children who outgrow their clothes in a matter of months any way. I work in a office and I shop there, I have found very nice clothes to wear, not cheap looking either. So before you condem, be careful, you may need their services someday.
Ok, first of all, they’re shopping at a Salvation Army store. This should give some kind of clue…...now I’m not saying that all people who shop there are worthless, but for one person to have the Brass Ba—s to touch another persons child can’t be too intelligent or educated to have the respect to give others…
Ok everyones kid has a bad day in the store. I dont care what fantasy land you live on. But Devee if you told me to muzzle my kid or put it in a cage your just like the women that spanked the kid. The child was 2 and said something the women didnt like. He wasnt acting foolish or anything he said something. Get over it. Every young child is known to speak things they dont mean. You would tell me what my child did then I would take care of it. Thats how a child learns. And if he said something rude then he would be told about it. You are a rude person and you need a muzzle and a cage.
If anyone ever approached me with the intent of putting their hands on my child, I would beat them senseless. The cops couldn’t get there fast enough. ANYONE who thinks they are that much better than someone else, needs to get a reality check. Nobody, let alone their kids, is perfect. You don’t like the public, stay at home.
go anywhere in public and you will find parents that are to dumb,lazy or whatever to make a child behave ,if you raise a child to act right at home no problem in public,close to 75 percent of the kids i see in stores needs to be in a cage,i am a parent and grandparent ,ill behaved please muzzle them,cage them dont offend the general public
I can see if it were her own child, but to grab another womans child and spank them is uncalled for. And why didn’t the mother floor that woman—you touch my child or grand child and I’m gonna thump ya. I agree that children of this generation are not taught to behave as we were when I was a kid; but it is up to the parents to take care of the discipline. If one has a problem with it take it up with the parents—If it is that bad of a distraction call the store manager and have them deal with asking the people to leave.
No place, no place in this article does it say that that child was “beaten”.
While the “spanker” should certainly have shown some restraint, and yes, respectfully approached the Mommy, it is NEVER too early to start to teach your child respect.
If you KNOW your child will likely exhibit bad behavior, don’t bring the kid out into public until you grow the maturity to teach them right from wrong.
My daughter is 24 years old and never, ever acted up in public. I never had to spank her for bad behavior in public, but she was spanked. ONLY AFTER a good talking to about “this is what you did wrong, and this is the consequence of that action”.
By the time she entered kindergarten, she was the most polite, well mannered child. Most all of her teachers commented on how respectful she was.
Teaching your child right from wrong isn’t that difficult. It is like feeding them right, keeping them clean and practicing good oral care. It jsut takes effort, trial and error and you can’t be afraid to take control.
I will admit to have wanted many times, in public, to tell a mother to “shut that kid up or get out of here” or just grab the parents arm and guide them out the door.
Keep in mind, folks, it’s the parents, not the kids. But once you have brought an issue to the parents attention and it is not acted upon, YOU have a decision to make, not the parent…if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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