Originally Posted by Poptarts22:
I have a dcb coming 3 in December who has sibs in their late teens. Last week at pickup (thankfully he was the last/only) dck here) his mom said "hey,buddy, you ready to go?" He responded with "no! F you! F you!" Mom immediately slapped him across the face HARD. So, not only did my two year old twin grandkids have to hear the colorful language, they also got to witness a child being abused. This job makes me so sad sometimes
Hitting a child in the head is physical abuse. You need to say something even if it's just that it can cause concussion etc. It can cause the brain to knock against the skull and reduce balance etc.
Happened to dd when she came off a horse at her therapeutic riding two years ago. She had a helmet on, but the brain can still knock against the skull. She was tripping over herself for the next 24 hours.