Was 9-year-old provoked in alleged daycare attacks? Could it be justified?

Brandy Abdon

July 27th, 2012
2:27 am

Doesn’t not make sense it is not justified. One the 9 year old child shouldn’t be hitting little toddlers like that regardless of the scratch caused . He could have done other wise told the worker at least . But not be agressive towards the toddlers . He knew what he was doing timing each attack . Imagine as much force he put could have killed those two but it didnt . Do you remember this insistent ………. In 2001, a then 14-year-old Lionel Tate was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick that had occurred two years prior. He was the youngest person the United States to ever be given that sentence. That’s not where this story ends, but let’s go back to where it began. How does this story relate well 8 years difference between the victims of both bullies in these stories

Candice d

July 27th, 2012
3:13 am

Im sorry if this 9 childs family thinks he was provoked there just as mental as the child me watching this i wsd amazed at how this child is abusing the infany and toddler honestly if this was my child doing the abuse i would think that something was wrong with him and not try to justify his sctipns clearly he has issues point blank the end

arlene

July 27th, 2012
4:32 am

This question is a joke, right? There is no justification for that type of violence towards a toddler, period!!

Roberta

July 27th, 2012
5:06 am

This child’s parents are responsible for his actions. He behaves this way because he’s allowed to behave this way.

Lynette

July 27th, 2012
5:20 am

I’m sorry what. That little monster is 9 years old and he attacked babies. When my nephew was 3 years old he scratched up my arm so badly my husband thought I had been in a fight and had lost. My nephew use to attack his older brother and scratch him up also. This little is a monster who need some help and his grandfather needs to be slapped up side his head…Is he serious…That had to be a joke statement.

shaggy

July 27th, 2012
6:38 am

Since it’s widely circulating on farcebook, it won’t be circulating to me. Didn’t. won’t, never will join that crappy load of manure.

Oh, the kid should have that fanny tore up EVERY time he does it…EVERY time.

Aunt Shell

July 27th, 2012
7:04 am

What day care puts a 9 year old and a baby in the same room!? The 9 year old obviously knows better or SHOULD know better. The little a hole needs counseling … his whole family needs counseling if they think he was provoked.

Jeff

July 27th, 2012
7:49 am

Wow Gayle. And my white counterparts who live in trailers and create the stereotype of white trash escaped your eloquent dissertation.

Because none of my fellow white kids ever bullied and acted like an “animal”, right?

How about we just call the kid what he is; a bully, a kid with a streak of violence and anger issues, etc. His race is irrelevant.

motherjanegoose

July 27th, 2012
7:50 am

Was it the aunt who said he is a NORMAL child? NO THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

As many of you know, I see lots of kids. A much bigger pool than most adults you know. I am in Florida this week and visiting my last summer camp today. I will have worked with over 600 children this week alone. So far, things have been good. There are always a few kids who catch my eye and I have to be VERY on top of things to make sure everything is going well. If you think kids are the same as they were 20 years ago, you are kidding yourself. Many see so much violence and have no manners or respect for others…they have learned this from their parents. Even if you have wonderful kids who have superb manners and are kind and gentle…there are mean kids out there. It is scary for sure. Not all child care centers are the same. In the past 15 years, I have seen some great programs and I have seen some that made me sick. I was visiting one Atlanta school, years ago, where the kids where running all around while I tried to do my show. The teachers did nothing, I DID! Right at the point of me firmly telling everyone what I expected, the Director showed up with prospective parents. Guess who never got invited back? This week, I was working with the children and the Director told me that a parent came in to see the center. She asked, “Do you have kids here…it is so quiet…I do not hear them.” She came back to show her what I was doing with the children. I have been asked back to that site! The parent enrolled the child too!

When and if I have grandkids, I will be on a mission to make sure they stay in an environment that is safe with children from homes whose parents who are able to recognize and understand what is NORMAL. Don’t kid me wrong…alll kids will misbehave at one time or another. Continuously hurting kids is NOT acceptable.

Voice of Reason

July 27th, 2012
7:52 am

That 9 year old obviously has sever mental and anger management issues. He obviously does not know the difference between right and wrong, or he just does not care.

Left unchecked, this kid becomes another James Holmes.

What idiot adult, grandfather at that, rationalizes in his mind that a 9 year old retaliating with violence to the actions done by a toddler is a valid excuse?

dawggirl95

July 27th, 2012
7:55 am

Today he’s abusing babies, in 5 years he’ll be killing people not just because he has a problem, but because his family doesn’t seem to think there is anything wrong with his behavior. When you can explain his medication and how he has issues with being mean to others, and then claim he’s “normal”, then you are contributing to the problem. I’ll bet my paycheck that his school has been dealing with the same problems from him with nothing but excuses from the parent.

Augusta

July 27th, 2012
8:02 am

Provoked by an 11 month old? REALLY????? This is INSANE, and horrible parenting at its best. WHO DEFENDS THIS CRAP?????

Roberta is ABSOLUTELY 100% correct!!!! This is why we MUST be parents to our children, not their friends. They need boundaries and limits and once those boundaries are crossed, discipline should be enforced!!!

Digusting, pure disgust!!!! This is what is wrong with out world these days.

“You are responsible for your actions, and your actions have consequences.” That was drilled into me growing up, and I have instilled that into all 4 of my children.

FCM

July 27th, 2012
8:09 am

Aunt Shell was right….what daycare puts the big kids & little kids in the same room? Even if your sibiling is the toddler you are not allowed in the room at the daycares my children attended.

This is not rational and you knew it before you posted the question.

I very rarely support sueing people. However I hope the toddlers famiy sues like crazy.

See

July 27th, 2012
8:14 am

When I see this type of behavior in a young child, I have to wonder if the child is merely copying what he has experienced. If he was hit/spanked as a 3 year old for doing 3 year old things, then he may have gotten the idea that hurting those younger/weaker than you is the acceptable way to control the situation. For example, if a kid is slapped as a 3 year old for touching something in the store (instead of having his hand removed and told, “don’t touch”) To the child, the slap is just arbitrary. They don’t understand that they shouldn’t touch things in the store. If they are hit for every inappropriate behavior with no explanation of what they did wrong, then the only thing they are being taught is to act aggressively towards those younger and weaker than they are.

Aunt Shell

July 27th, 2012
8:20 am

Sorry See, spanking doesn’t make a 9 year old act this way.

Marco

July 27th, 2012
8:22 am

We all know where that 9 year old ends up in several years. Just hope he doesn’t kill anyone in the process. It’s so sad. These are the effects of lacking strong male leadership in the household.

motherjanegoose

July 27th, 2012
8:26 am

@See…I was hit and spanked quite often as a child and NEVER would I have done that to another child. My own two were spanked ( by me their parent only) rather infrequently ( not as my first choice but when they did something severe) and THEY never did this kind of thing. I preferred other methods of punishment. While I do not think spanking should typically be the first line of defense, there are WAY to many kids out there whose parents offer no line of defense. Even a pinch on the ear would get their attention.

I was in First Class to DFW and there was a couple with their two year old daughter, seated two rows ahead of me. She was running up and down the aisles and screaming…crawling on top of them and then off of them. No…it was not ear pain. The other business travelers WERE NOT IMPRESSED as they could not concentrate on their work. They probaby had paid $700 plus for that ticket…I upgraded. Not much the flight attendants could do. That child ( to me) needed to be taken into the lav and given a stern talking to. Disrespectful parents as they think their little precious is the best and not interested in what everyone else has to do. It starts when they are small…I will never back down on that one.

Augusta

July 27th, 2012
8:31 am

@See – therein lies a problem. Spanking gets a child’s attention a lot quicker than their hand being removed and talked to…..there’s your pansy society, you are a follower……

I was spanked as a child, and I have swatted my kids. Not bend over the knee and spank, but I have gotten their attention and they straightened up.

Augusta

July 27th, 2012
8:32 am

And kids are not afraid of their parents. We were scared to death…..we got the threats “Wait till your father gets home”..there was NOTHING that scared me more than to hear that sentence come out of my mother’s mouth….

Becky

July 27th, 2012
8:38 am

No, that it not normal for a nine year old..I have two that just turned 10 and they would of never hit a baby like that..If the grandfather thinks he is justifying this by saying it was the 11 month olds fault, then he’s certifiable…

Yes, kids of that age (9) can have tempers, but it should never be that bad..Guess, I should thank my lucky stars that my two don’t act like that even when they are being “bad”

@Gayle..Wow..You don’t think that white kids can act that way also? I have a nephew that has a 7 year old and in a few years, I see him being in juvie…He is always in trouble at school and is the only child I know that was suspended from Kindergarten 6 times..Every time that he gets in trouble at school, he threatens to kill himself and the parents always blame it on the teachers and people at school..So go ahead and blame it just on black kids if that’s the best that you can do,,

shaggy

July 27th, 2012
8:38 am

WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!…the sound that should be coming from that kid’s butt, EVERY time, and I mean EVERY time this kid even talks about doing something like this.
Anything less, and it will continue, get worse, mold into thuggery, rob, rape, and kill…you get the drift? Whine about it all you want, but this kid has no discipline, boundaries, because it is not in his experience, and that is where WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! comes in. He would associate this behavior with WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! and stop.

See

July 27th, 2012
8:40 am

Any type of discipline for a child needs to be in a context the child can understand. Imagine a child who is developmentally slow and is not told WHY he is being hit. I work with emotionally/behavorially disabled children…children just like the boy shown in the video. We teach these children through rewarding desirable behavior and taking away privileges for undesirable behavior. We also CLEARLY state what kind of behavior is appropriate and what isn’t. It’s long, it’s time-consuming, but it does work if the parents are consistent with it at home as well.

Please don’t confuse the issue by dragging in unrelated content. I’m not talking about permissive parents. That also is a problem, but those children don’t generally show violent behavior. The typical behavior of those children is, as you’ve witnessed, generally unaware of the disturbance they are causing others.

motherjanegoose

July 27th, 2012
8:47 am

@See…I did not see this in your first post…sorry I missed it…
I work with emotionally/behavorially disabled children…children just like the boy shown in the video.

BTW…we almost always drag in unrelated content…what happens in our lives is not always related to the topic but often makes for interesting discussions here. I am about to “celebrate” my 7th year hanging out here this month…I remember the first blog I read. It was about something I had witnessed and was interviewed for in the AJC. Got my attention when TWG put it up on this blog.

See

July 27th, 2012
8:50 am

I have 6 boys. They always behave well in public, and I don’t spank. Believe me, it wasn’t easy, but everytime they acted up in public I explained what they were doing wrong (i.e. “You do not get out of your seat”) and then I enforced a discipline measure…such as leaving the restaurante with the offending child. I once left a McDonalds after I had already paid for the meal because my kids were behaving badly. Believe me, driving away when their fries were so close to being eaten made a big impact. Sure, it would have been easier to turn around and smack them, but who said parenting was easy.

shaggy

July 27th, 2012
8:51 am

See,

It’s about WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! followed by I did this BECAUSE I love you. Simple as that. Show the discipline and the love. The child WILL respond. One without the other is an exercise in futility.

See

July 27th, 2012
8:52 am

Sorry, I have 5 boys..typo

JOD

July 27th, 2012
9:03 am

Hubs found this video and I could not watch it. This kid is seriously disturbed, and this is a prime case of why we pay through the nose for child care. The lack of supervision and care is nauseating.

@MJG and homeschooler – I have no doubt you could pick this kid and others like him out from 50 paces.

Hubs – a cop – predicts that this kid will be a bonified murderer before he is 20, and I don’t doubt that. He was constantly looking around to ensure no one was watching – he 100% meant to do what he did. He wanted to see how far he could go before he got caught.

No 11-month-old’s ’scratch’ could provoke that kind of evil and violence. This kid needs serious help, and his ignorant family either continually condones it because they are the same way, or they just aren’t paying enough attention to see it. He will certainly become society’s problem in a few years.

JOD

July 27th, 2012
9:05 am

Sorry – meant to say ‘watch it all’. I saw enough to make me ill, and wish I could ‘unwatch it’.

ATL06

July 27th, 2012
9:06 am

I refuse to believe that they did not know that little boy was violent. When I saw that video 2 days ago I was floored. They need to lock everyone that works in that daycare center up. First of all too many kids of varying ages are in the same room and there was not enough supervision. That little boy obviously needs psychiatric help. Maybe someone is doing to him what he is doing to the those children.

motherjanegoose

July 27th, 2012
9:09 am

@See…I will agree with you that spanking is the easiest method to use and not the most creative. It was what my parents and my husband’s parents used. We got more than our fair share and bruises too. Many parents today, do not have the skills nor patience to follow through with what you suggested. Some simply do not have the money to leave their dinner on the table and walk out. So, with everyone saying spanking is wrong and them feeling like they have no other choice….they do nothing. I appreciate creative parenting and commend those who are able to follow through. It shows in their kids. Not all parents have the tools to do this ( or the logic and reasoning skills.) Parents today are tired and confused. Children too!

See

July 27th, 2012
9:11 am

I read about a grandfather who forced his grandson to kneel on his knees ion the hard bathroom floor with his arms behind his back for 9 hours a day. He stated that he was disciplining the boy…it’s what his father did to him. Another woman beat her 3 year old with a tree branch until he had bruises from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. Once again, her defense was that this is how they disciplined children in Haiti. After all, it’s what happened to her. Of course, there is also the stepfather who continually beat his stepson with a belt until a neighbor caught it on video tape. The father of the man claimed that he only hit him on the butt, so it was okay.

So where is the line drawn? I’m not saying that an occasional smack on the butt is going to ruin a child, but after a short time period, the occasional smack may not have the desired effect. The child becomes used to it, so then what? Spank harder? Spank longer? Use a belt? Spank until he cries?

There are other discipline measures that will work immediately. Leaving a place that the child wants to be is very effective. They get the message quickly, if I act up, we’re gone. Ignoring a child who is throwing a tantrum because he wants a brownie is also effective. Giving in isn’t an option, but getting mad and spanking is just as bad. He’s MAD, and if he can get you mad too, then it’s satisfying. Completely ignoring him offers no satisfaction, and he learns to handle his disappointment in other ways.

Shocked

July 27th, 2012
9:20 am

There is no justification for this. Either that child is pure evil or the family that raised him is and has ruined this child for life.
(Try be nice and constructive. It is a child.) what a joke, this is a intimate look into the life of a death row inmate before he mass murders people.

Carnac

July 27th, 2012
9:22 am

Answer:

shaggy
July 27th, 2012
6:38 am

Oh, the kid should have that fanny tore up EVERY time he does it…EVERY time.

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Question is:

What Jerry Sandusky says to himself…..

See

July 27th, 2012
9:27 am

MotherJane,

I wasn’t always patient or in control, and we are 7 people living off of a teacher’s salary, so you know I’m not that well off, either :). We started out spanking, it was what my mother did. She used a belt. I remember one specific incident when I was very young when I was coming into her room, and she told my not to go in there. I remember I just felt so impelled to go into the room (little children lack impulse control). I went into the room a little ways, and then turned and ran out. She grabbed the belt and I ran away. I remember running thorugh the house, trying to hide. I was so scared. She got me in a corner and just beat the heck out of me. I still remember that, and not in a good way.

It was that incident that caused me to rethink the way I discipline my children. I did a lot of reading, and found other methods. My husband, however, still spanked. One day, though, he had an epiphany. He got frustrated and said blamed me for undermining him while he was at work. I was shocked at his accusation. It turns out, he was frustrated because the kids always listened to me, but not to him. Finally, he was willing to listen to what I was doing. He is completely sold on this discipline method. Be specific about what you want and want you don’t want (”you behave” is up for interpretation) and make the punishment clear in advance. For older kids, you can simply say I’m not sure what the punishment will be, but you won’t like it. Not an empty threat. It may mean cleaning the kitchen after dinner all week. It may mean having your DS taken away. It may mean paying me out of the money you saved up to clean up your mess. (Oh yeah, I love that one!)

Placenta Omelet

July 27th, 2012
9:28 am

Do you suppose this kid learned his violent tendencies from being hit himself? It amazes me that most everyone’s reaction to this is more violence.

Were you born retarded, or did this happen later in life?

bob

July 27th, 2012
9:31 am

It was not only a scratch ! Prior to the beating the 11 month old looked at the 9 year old the wrong way. The 11 month old will not dis a nine year old again.

Lynn

July 27th, 2012
9:32 am

Are you serious?! If the grandfather and parents feel this way, that would explain why the child acts that way!! They all need help!

The Reverend Baby Doctor Bedpan

July 27th, 2012
9:35 am

What does it mean when a church burns to the ground? You would think that if God were real, he/she would have at least saved a church…….Kind of funny really.

Father Christmas

July 27th, 2012
9:36 am

Young thug-in-training. Lock him up for a few days in juvy.

Augusta

July 27th, 2012
9:44 am

That child is nothing more than a thug in training. And the day care workers can’t be bothered to do their jobs. The woman they interviewed can’t even speak correct English. Losers, all of them, and unfortunately we will be the ones raising this child with our tax dollars.

Thererfore, this child is a victim of his envirornment, and it will continue….nothing ever changes with that element of society. Trash pure trash. His parents need to be locked up.

P. Nussman

July 27th, 2012
9:47 am

You didn’t tell us we had to sit through a 30 second commercial before we could see the actual video…..A false commercial at that……Yeah right…..A man that is a worse driver than a woman? Funny.

Denise

July 27th, 2012
9:49 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IljcW6xm0xI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And there is more foolishness to the story. The babies’ father came and slapped the wrong child at the day care after being told the wrong kid hit his children.

I do believe this little boy is going to be trouble TOMORROW, not just 5 years from now. He needs intervention NOW or he will be in juvie by 14. I usually do not speak things like this over someone’s life but he is in trouble right now and he needs help right now. Could it be a discipline issue? Yes. Probably is. 9 year olds don’t just come up with this kind of mess AND know to look around to make sure no one is watching. Maybe he’s had NO discipline or maybe he’s learned that hitting is how you handle your differences. (I am pro-spanking. I don’t think it causes children to equate hitting with handling your differences with violence.) Could it be a mental health issue? Yes. That kind of anger is over the top for a 9 year old. WHATEVER the issue is, he needs to get help right now before he hurts someone else more severely, hurts himself, or gets hurt.

TAWANDA

July 27th, 2012
9:52 am

This child appears to be demonstrating spiteful bullying behavior which could be the result of something he himself has experienced. It may be possible that either someone older is bullying him at home or he has been subjected to a bullying environment. Bullying does not only take place between children it’s an adult issue as well. This child needs to receive some intervention counseling because unfortunately punishing him his not the solution in this case. This does not justify his behavior it just sheds some light on it. This situation could have been avoided had the person responsible staff employment carefully selected persons who had the safety of the children at heart. That is the person to blame as well as those who did not immediately come to the aid of the crying children. Also, you never turn your back on children they rely on us to keep them safe and out of harms way, you should have a clear view of them at all times!

With the children at heart

jen

July 27th, 2012
10:02 am

Remember the father who videotaped himself disciplining his son and everyone was outraged and a year later the son died from gun violence. I got a feeling this boy before he turns 18 there will be a tragic update. I don’t think he’s normal. Him as well as his family needs therapy.

Big Red

July 27th, 2012
10:29 am

Lock up the Grand dad too………. yeah rite 11 month provoked him….. just some bulls&^%

Mattie

July 27th, 2012
10:30 am

Can anybody give me one good reason why footage such as this needs to be plastered all over the internet? None of us are privy to any background on this boy, so who are we to decide what should be done with him?

Father Christmas

July 27th, 2012
10:33 am

The social media and the people at large decide everything these days – where have you been?

Father Christmas

July 27th, 2012
10:36 am

It’s the modern day equivalent of the crowd chanting “release Barabbas” or “drown the witch”.

Stunned

July 27th, 2012
10:49 am

Provoked? That is just too stupid of a question to answer.
The boy obviously comes from a terrible family. The aunt is uneducated to say the least. This day care should be shut down for so many reasons. No normal child would behave that way. He is obviously neglected by his family. Those ages of children should not be together. He needs a good whipping but I don’t think anything will help him. He is a future killer. His aunt needs to go to school and his grandfather needs to be whipped upside the head. Not ghetto at all….I am sickened by this video and stunned that his family is trying to come up with excuses for him. His family should NOT procreate.

DB

July 27th, 2012
10:57 am

Provoked? Probably — because a 9 year “who has a problem and takes medicine every day” already has issues and being provoked would be all in his head, but still real to him, in some way. But what in the hell was a 9 year old doing unsupervised in a room full of toddlers in the first place? What a CRAPPY day care, that would allow that kind of interaction!

There’s so many things wrong with this scenario that I think there is plenty of blame to spread around. The child, for his violence and lack of control, his family for enabling him, the day care for allowing him to interact with the toddlers (don’t tell me that they had no clue his behavior was abnormal).

The Lord

July 27th, 2012
11:08 am

This child is the next: James Holmes, Jeffrey Dahmer, Una-bomber, Seung-Hui Cho at Virginia tech. This kid is going to grow up doing drugs, killing people, and raping girls/boys.

What a sick child! Lord help him!

yuki

July 27th, 2012
11:27 am

There is no excuse in the world for this. Thank goodness my children don’t have to spend any time in a place like this. They wouldn’t.
LAZY parenting. Yes, blame your kid’s inexcusable actions on an 11 month old baby. Unreal. Watching this makes me sick.

There is no way that boy is not going to end up in jail. Probably sooner than later, with his pants down to his knees barely being able to speak English.

Janet

July 27th, 2012
11:37 am

The video was horrifying. Any nine year old with that much anger is in trouble and will be heard from in the future (arrests for domestic violence, e.g.).

Almost as shocking is the pathetic state of some of the comments. How do these people read a newspaper if they can’t spell, punctuate or express a logical thought? Does Atlanta really have such a widespread literacy problem? The nine year old in the video needs help now, but he’s not the only one.

By the way, the grandfather’s attempt at justification is idiotic and will only add to the kid’s future problems.

Janet

July 27th, 2012
11:57 am

I’m back because my over-developed, parochial school-induced sense of guilt forces me to add that many of the comments were thoughtful (some not so much), well written and articulate. There, I feel much better.

ylojkt

July 27th, 2012
12:00 pm

This is why I had my wife quit work when our second child was born to raise both of my sons. We had already seen enough of day care with my oldest son to know we didn’t want him there. While there were some very caring people there taking care of the kids, they started participating in a govt work program that gave them welfare workers for free. They were not bad people, but not very smart to say the least.
My wife wouldn’t listen to me about not going back to work after her maternity leave, so she went back and dropped both sons at daycare to start work again. On her lunchbreak, she went to the daycare to breastfeed my younger son and saw one of these workers accidentally drop a baby on its head while she was in the room. She called me crying and asked what to do, I said take the boys home and tell your work that you have to raise your kids. My youngest spent 1/2 a day in daycare and we have not regretted the situation ever since. Of course, it hasn’t always been easy raising the kids on one salary, but they have been raised well and are healthy both mentally and physically; I wouldn’t trade anything in the world for that.

my2cents

July 27th, 2012
12:02 pm

In Georgia, daycares are allowed to ‘merge’ age groups in the very 1st hour and the very last hour of the day – excluding babies (under 12 or 18 months, I think). And the staffing per child requirements are dropped a bit as well. There are ‘good’ and ‘bad’ day care centers – the ‘good’ ones try to keep the age groups apart and have workers who know how to control a room full of kids, but that can change overnight.

lmorgan16

July 27th, 2012
12:14 pm

Did the grandfather really open up his mouth to say, his 9 year old grandson was provoked by a 11 month old baby????!!!!! You got to be kidding me! This 9 year old is a MONSTER, he attacked those babies!!! He looked around to make sure no one was looking and timed it and attacked the babies! Then he had the nerve to comfort the baby in the walker. 1st of all he should not have been in the same room with the kids! What he did was WRONG and his family members are WRONG too!! There is NO EXCUSE for what he did! If something is wrong with him mentally then he would have hit the kids when the adults were looking. HE NEEDS HIS BUTT TORE UP! HONESTLY I WANT TO STAND HIM UP AND DROP KICK HIM MYSELF!!!! did you see how hard he punched the defenseless baby and then bit her??? I’ll stop now because I could go on and on about this! Something has to be done about HIM!!!

Shaun

July 27th, 2012
12:31 pm

@Augusta – You ain’t lying when my mother said “Wait until your father gets home” my behind would straighten right up!

Shaun

July 27th, 2012
12:35 pm

The 9 year olds behavior stems from the lack of supervision and attention. I guarantee you that his parents (if together) don’t pay much attention to him, while they’re busy partying and bullsh*ting. I see this with lots of young parents who have kids irresponsibly.

Augusta

July 27th, 2012
12:38 pm

Unfortunately, nothing will be done by this boys family, as they are already making excuses for his behavior, instead of taking responsibility for what he did.

janice

July 27th, 2012
12:58 pm

The 9 year old had no excuse, he needs counseling because this is just the beginning, this behavior will lead to more violence.

Jacksmum

July 27th, 2012
1:23 pm

Clearly in this community there is a culture of violence and disrespect for others. Animal behavior in humans is the crux of our societal woes. This child is not normal, nor are his family members who excuse the behavior, nor is the adult who felt it necessary to assault a child in retaliation for his child. Sadly, I see similar behavior often…this is not a rare occurrence. This is the most disheartening peek into the world around us. God help us all.

Julia

July 27th, 2012
1:23 pm

someone needs to beat the ever loving crap out of him.. there was NO excuse for what he did other than he is the spawn from hell…

PR

July 27th, 2012
1:26 pm

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concern

July 27th, 2012
1:36 pm

that child need to be put in a group home he knew what he was doing he was smarter enough to see if someone was watching no excuses.

Gwinnett Mom

July 27th, 2012
2:11 pm

I disagre Terhesa. You need 2 things when raising children. Jesus and an good whipping. Thats what the little boy needs. U no his lazy parents R not doing the rite thing 4 him to be that way.

Warrior Woman

July 27th, 2012
2:40 pm

@Voice of Reason – The bully clearly knows right from wrong, since he looks over his shoulder to be sure he isn’t being supervised before attacking the toddlers. Your second option is right – the bully just doesn’t care.

shaggy

July 27th, 2012
2:46 pm

TWG,

It ain’t about just whupping the kid and hoping he gets the message about his behavior. It is ALL about whupping the kid, telling him just WHY he is getting a whupping, and making sure love is shown after the discipline is administered.
No, you can’t as some write here, just beat the tar out of him, because he should know better, because he obviously doesn’t know better…he has not been taught, with firm boundaries applied.

Actually, a better solution to these type situations is to publicly cane the parents/guardian that allows this kid to get so far gone at age 9.

Calliope

July 27th, 2012
3:03 pm

Obviously, this kid has experienced abuse or lives in a home where this happens. I can only hope that he does not have younger sisters and brothers. I noticed that he mimics many moves used by wrestlers, so maybe he has is exposed to violence in addition to possible domestic abuse. I am flabbergasted at the “aunt” who dismisses his behavior… she seems rather ignorant to me, and yes he does fight little babies. This is the type of kid that grows up to be a menace to society if there no intervention, but something tells me his family and parents have the same attitude and ignorance as the Aunt. And yes, your question is stupid… how is it possible that this kid was provoked by anyone???

Lisa

July 27th, 2012
3:09 pm

I guarantee you this is not the first time this young sociopath has committed this type of act. This kid unless he gets some help is a future felon. Wow, I can not believe the caretaker did not wonder why these toddlers were crying. I am shocked that his grandfather is trying to justify his behavior. There is not excuse, period.

Karah

July 27th, 2012
3:22 pm

I believe what that 9 yr old boy did was due to lack of discipline which starts to point the finger in his parents direction. Im not saying what the 9 year old boy did wasn’t his fault but if they had a discipline program to put that age group in they would know its not ok. Why doesn’t the daycare split up the age groups into different classrooms anyways that would cut back on a lot of the problems not to mention its obviously to hard for the X daycare lady to take care of the kids.

Jeff

July 27th, 2012
3:39 pm

TWG, my post got swallowed. In essence I was backing up the Shagman with emphasis on the conversation with the child about why he was getting a ratta tat tat.

Maybe that’ll clear the filter.

Jake

July 27th, 2012
3:42 pm

Wow I really just want to shoot this boy and his dumbass family members… he’s 9 and he doesnt realize that toddlers do things like scratching… they are just babies… if ur that dumb then u shouldnt be on this planet

Leigh

July 27th, 2012
4:43 pm

TWG, I think I am stuck in the filter!

marie daunoy

July 27th, 2012
4:55 pm

HE NEEDS A GOOD OLD FASHION ASS WHOOPING, I’LL BE GLAD TO GIVE IT TO HIM, I DO BELIEVE HE KNEW JUST WHAT HE WAS DOING, WAITN FOR THE LADY TO LOOK AWAY AND HE PUCHES THAT BABY IN THE FACE FIST CLOSED,I HAD A FIT, THAN HE PUT HIS FOOT IN THAT BABIES BACK AND KICKED HER TO THE FLOOR, WHATS WRONG WITH THIS KID, LOOK I HAVE 7 GRAND CHILDREN (6 BOYS) AND A GIRL, AND (1) GREAT GRAND BABY, I’LL BE DAMMMMMM, IF I SAW SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING THE LAW WOULD BE INVOLVED, AND HE WOULD BE PUNISHED,YES ,HE WILL BE SOME KIND OF KILLER IF HE DOES GET HELP NOW PEOLPLE PLEASE ,HELP THESE DEFENSELESS BABIES,PLEASE. MY HEART HURTS SEEING THIS. PLEASE HELP. UNSET IN NEW ORLEANS MAW MAW AND GREAT GRAND MAW MAW.

catlady

July 27th, 2012
4:57 pm

Here is my VERY experienced take on this: The 9 year old has been raised by being told not to let ANYONE “dis” him. Not to take ANYTHING off anyone. That if someone BOTHERS him, he should “defend’ himself. He has seen the older people in his life practicing this.

I see this (to a much less horrifying degree) quite a bit. I call it the “crack mama” way of parenting. The child lacks the ability(by age, mental ability, or whatever) to distinguish appropriately when someone is intentionally harming him. But he has gotten permission from mama to protect himself, whether it is a baby or an adult, an unintentional grab or scratch from a falling infant, or being “dissed” by being looked at funny. Sometimes the parent(s) even threaten their child to “not be a baby” or they will punish him.

I have had parents who tell me “I told him he didn’t have to put up with other kids bothering him.” Well, did you know Johnny has beaten up a kid because someone told him the kid said something about him? I tell these parents–not in MY room. If he is being bothered, he needs to tell me. I will investigate. Don’t expect me to believe your child’s claim of being bothered if he retaliates before reporting it to me! And don’t expect me to wrap your child in bubble wrap so that no one looks at him funny. People are wierd. Not all of them are fun to be around. But you TELL ME immediately if someone has hit you or threatened you. I point out that if their child retaliates inappropriately, their child can be punished and held accountable. Teach your kids to verbalize!

(And, if I call you in for a conference about your child’s bullying behavior, don’t all of a sudden “remember” that he has been bullied by all these people before he retaliated.)

True story: My younger daughter, age 7, was having trouble with a boy at the afterschool program. He had pulled a chair out from under her, leaving a bruise. I wrote a note to the afterschool supervisor. Then, she came home with a stripe on her leg where he hit her with a stick on the playground. I complained again. The next time he tried to pull her off the moneybars, she got down and yanked his “rat’s tail” out of the back of his head! The principal called and told me she was being excluded from afterschool; I asked her if she was aware of the complaints I had made about James’ bullying. No, she didn’t know there was a history of a problem. She said James’ mom wanted to meet with me, that I needed to pay for his hair being restyled. I told the principal I would not be paying for the hair until she paid for the bruises and abrasions. The mother also wanted us to “get together” to see how we could help the children “get along.” I told the principal that to get along, James needed to stay away from my daughter. You see, she had tried to get the adults help her, but we had failed her. So she took her protection into her own hand. And I told the principal and supervisor that they had failed her as well, and I removed her from the program.

Chris

July 27th, 2012
4:58 pm

Theresa Giarrusso, what is wrong with you? Are you mentally ill or something?

Of course it is not justified for a 9 year old to go around his day care hitting and kicking people just because an 11 month old baby (who doesn’t know any better) scratched him on the arm. Are you kidding me? Please use some common sense before you write your next article.

As far as this 9 year old is concerned I think he should be put away. You can say give him counseling all you want but if he is capable of this kind of violence against innocent babies now then just imagine what horrible things he might do 10 years from now.

marie daunoy

July 27th, 2012
5:04 pm

THE GRAND PAW IS CRAZY TO ,MAYBE THATS WHERE HE GET HIS ACTIONS FROM.IS HE TAKING ANY KIND OF MEDICATION,HE WAS MAD BECAUSE A BABY SCRATCHED HIM, WELL GET OUT OF THERE AREA.YOU SHOULD HAVE YOU ASS IN YOUR OWN CLASS WHERE THE KIDS ARE YOUR AGE, I BET YOU WON’T MESS WITH ANY KID YOUR OWN AGE,I BET YOU WON’T( COWARD.) I;M VERY UNSET WITH THIS WHOLE THING, I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR THAT BABY , HE COULD HAS BROKE HIS R HER JAW HITTING THAT BABY IN THE FACE LIKE THAT, DUMMY, ANGRY IN NEW ORLEANS, MAD MAW MAW

FB Fan

July 27th, 2012
5:26 pm

Judging by the way the 9-year-old kicked, he most likely learned it from WWE or UFC.

ANG

July 27th, 2012
6:00 pm

Why not just go after the boy that messed with him in the first place? Somewhere along the way this behavior has been seen at home, (TV, neighborhood etc). “Im mad at work, so I come home at take it out on others.” “Somebody did me wrong so I kick the dog!” “I can’t have my way, so I beat my woman, my child.” Each time, this lil guy KNEW what he was doing because he sought OPPORTUNITY! Therefore, this is NORMAL! Normal of deviant behavior! Normal of those who need to have mental evaluations in their childhood to see what is going on in the home, at school and in the community. Those toddlers didn’t deserve this. Nor did they deserve the adult who IGNORED what was happening EACH time. His mom may have her hands full but ignorance is not bliss. Its time to address this behavior in a professional manner or society and the law will address it later. My prayers to all the families involved. (Please excuse any typos)

jarvis

July 27th, 2012
6:29 pm

Shaggy, I’d be willing to bet he gets plenty of beating at home. That said, they should continue. He’s an animal and deserves to be treated as such.

Diana hairston

July 27th, 2012
6:54 pm

I don’t what the grandfather thinks provoked this child, this is oh so wrong!!!!!!! If this is all it takes to provokes in that family maybe the 9 yr old and other children should be removed for he learned this behavior from somebody and I’m thinking his Grandparent(who thinks it’s okay cause he was scratched) and/or his parents. ALL INVOLED NEED TO BE UNDER THE JAIL!!!!!!!! THE DAYCARE WORKER SEEMED TO BE AN ACCOMPLICE IN THIS FOR WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING SHE COVENIENTLY WAS LOOKING ELSEWHERE, WAS IT ON PURPOSE? I THINK SO. AND ANYONE THAT THINKS IT’S OKAY NEEDS A MENTAL INSTITUTION……..

Scott

July 27th, 2012
7:40 pm

The child wasn’t unsupervised. Watch his body language. He is watching for the time to strike. The whole time he is aware what he is doing is wrong, and everytime it is when the daycare worker turns her back. When she looks around to see why the baby is crying he acts nonchalant, even pats, and caresses his baby sister. He has seen this behavior before or has been treated in this manner himself. What he is doing, he’s witnessed before.

Some of the posts on this site have such poor grammar and extreme spelling errors, it’s so hard to understand.

Myles J.

July 27th, 2012
8:39 pm

Wow, and blacks complain on how whites are so racist, yet we give them a reason. Look, this 9 year old is another example of us blacks being violent, and heartless beasts. Shame, you’re just making the KKK look like a better option than civil rights. Control your kids!

George T. Swanner

July 27th, 2012
10:19 pm

Theresa Walsh Giarrusso, you are an idiot and need to be institutionalized at the very least, and have your kids taken away from you if you have any.Obviously you don’t have the mental capacity to think clearly or maybe you are on some sort of drugs that impair you ….however I it doesn’t surprise me that you are at this toilet paper, birds of a feather………..

i LOVE...

July 27th, 2012
10:24 pm

Even if this kid has developmental issues, he obviously knows right from wrong…as made evident by the fact that he kept looking to see when the daycare “worker” was not watching him. There are no excuses here. Lock up the parents and out this boy in some intense counseling!

i LOVE...

July 27th, 2012
10:25 pm

*put* not out!

Fred ™

July 27th, 2012
10:43 pm

Wow. That’s a disturbing video.

Fred ™

July 27th, 2012
10:44 pm

George T. Swanner

July 27th, 2012
10:19 pm

Theresa Walsh Giarrusso, you are an idiot and need to be institutionalized at the very least, and have your kids taken away from you if you have any.Obviously you don’t have the mental capacity to think clearly or maybe you are on some sort of drugs that impair you ….however I it doesn’t surprise me that you are at this toilet paper, birds of a feather………..
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Can anyone make sense of this nonsensical post?

rakel

July 27th, 2012
11:19 pm

Be nice? It is a child? That is not a child, that is a future serial killer. I don’t care if a toddler did scratch him, key word, TODDLER. He is NINE YEARS OLD, he knows better! I couldn’t even finish the video it was so disturbing. That “child” needs to be put in boot camp! And if I were his parents I don’t think I could ever look at him again! But that fact that his parents are making excuses for him, just tells you that he learned this violence up from them, and they should be punished too as far as I’m concerned. Sick. They’re all SICK!

yanita

July 27th, 2012
11:44 pm

I work with children and i was devastated when I saw that. daycare workers must know you can not take your eyes off children. it only takes a second you must keep your eyes on children at all times. that hurted me soooooooooooo bad to see what and how he could hurt a child.

Fedup

July 27th, 2012
11:48 pm

@ Myles J, “you’re just making the KKK look like a better option than civil rights”. (Us blacks) if your black & saying the KKK is a better option, you’re part of the greater societal problem & likewise need help. Never thought lyncing, cross burning, envoking terror, & all other forms of cruel punishment was “better”.

Ayo Ada Ogolo

July 28th, 2012
5:28 am

I think something else is going on here,as brutal and callous than the action of this child in fact! Can you imagine if this was going on in every Day Care Centre in the United States, I would want a full investigation in order that are children remain safe and within these centres. What was a 9 year old child doing in a toddler area? What type of training are these employees receiving, why wasn’t this adult much more observant?
I would also ask where did this child pick that kind of violence, is the grandfather actually hiding something as it appears to be that this savage act is something that he has witnessed happening to himself, or other children and very possibly adults. To allege that one of the toddlers had pinched the 9 year old, does not tally with the scope of the violence and brutality that was done to these toddlers. The anger and rage that this 9 year old child has inside seriously needs investigating, and with a good child psychologist that understands behavioural patterns and from a Black perspective. Ask yourself why did he hone in on the little girls ( I have only observed the clip once), I have no wish to see it again only that older children should not be left with small toddlers. What I witnessed is absolutely obscene and really hope that these toddlers do not have any lasting trauma – they too need to be seen by a good psychologist.

Rhetta

July 28th, 2012
7:30 am

Where is this at? In one instance, he’s assaulting the child while an adult is leaning nonchalantly against the wall. Is this a daycare? They should be closed, the boy should immediately get counseling. You are watching a future, woman-beater/rapist and possibly pedophile since his target are younger children and female.

Fear The Past

July 28th, 2012
10:19 am

Today’s society and it’s behavioral system is to be blamed for this type of behavior. Something goes wrong and we caress it and blame it on something else; a mental state. Seriously, are we going to name every single thought process our mind has? As well as give into excuses as to what we need to do to help ‘cure’ these people? Of course there’s the complete mentally unstable, and there’s just the undisciplined. I highly doubt 75% of cases related to abuse, murder or any other kind of violence is actually from someone who has a prolonged mental/behavioral illness, but impulsive actions taken when upset or angered.

RabidWolf

July 28th, 2012
11:02 am

The power has been taken away from the parents. Over the years I’ve seen a steady decline. I also remember the threats of “Wait until your father gets home”, I also remember the sting of a leather belt across my butt when I did something really bad, like break windows. Did I turn into someone who has a violent nature? No. But now, we have so many people threatening to take away your kids for spanking them that it’s impossible to raise them right. Now don’t misunderstand me. I’m not saying “Beat your kid bloody” but I believe that spanking SHOULD still be allowed. As for people playing the race card, no..race is not an issue here. This is neglect, pure and simple. The parents or grandparents of this child simply see nothing wrong. But since his age wont allow him to face criminal charges, I say….put the criminal charges on HIS guardians. I don’t mean the lesser charge, I mean charge them like they were the ones hitting the toddler. Personally if it was my child that was being beaten up like that I don’t think I would have handled it quite as well as the father of one of the kids. When I saw the video, I wanted to grab the child by the ankles and swing him into the post. (I wouldn’t actually do something so violent to a child)

Mrs Time

July 28th, 2012
12:37 pm

SERIOUSLY? I cannot even believe that question would even be asked. What is this country becoming?

LeeH1

July 28th, 2012
1:05 pm

Looks like the 9 year old is a victim of child abuse himself. Have his parentsand other family been investigated to see how he learned this kind of agressive and dominating behavior?

Chassity

July 28th, 2012
1:08 pm

The dumb kid should not have been in the same room as toddlers in the first place. The daycare worker should be put under the jail. I feel sorry for the kids who were in her care. So sad. Furthermore, if that were my nine year old he would be get it. His home has got to be a mess. The nine year old must come from a sick family.

KD

July 28th, 2012
1:21 pm

This kid can go to hell. Why in the world does he think this is ok. He must get his ass beat at home and think that its okay to do it to others. I dont feel sad for this 9 year old kid. If that was my daycare, I’d kick his dumb ass out. Its no wonder half of the black populations are bad ass kids, they have no role models. Ya mother F*ckers who dont wanna use a condom when having sex, give your kid(s) up for adoption, cause we know you are not going to be good parents. I should kick this stupid kid in his head and choke him, see how he feels. Stupid mofo!

Disgusted

July 28th, 2012
2:30 pm

R u serious. It’s a scratch from a baby. That is a sorry excuse and the grandfather should be smacked for even trying to justify his 9yr old grandson retaliating against a baby over a scratch. Something is wrong with that family.

Jessica

July 28th, 2012
3:05 pm

Honestly, I feel that behind the whole issue at hand, the grand father is hiding something. There was no way, in this video especially, that this child was provoked. Children who tend to display these types of behaviors have dealt with it themselves either at home or in their community. This child was preying on the smaller children because he knew that he could easily over power them and thereby knew that he was in control. The grand father needs to be looked at more closely as an 11month old child can not sit there and provoke a 9 year old to attack in that manner. The nine year old needs to be evaluated because it will only get worse if this type of behavior is not given proper care. As far as the day care, they either need to be shut down or establish something to the courts that they are going to retrain staff members as their surveliance justifies that they had no training to take care of any child of any age. It does not matter how old a child is in a provider’s care, it matters the care that is issued and there was no care being done at all.

Stasey

July 28th, 2012
3:50 pm

Parents who allow this – you are beyond stupid — and if it were my child your kid was beating up on — nine years old or not — I’d be pressing charges. Take control over your kid or pay the price.

elaine

July 28th, 2012
3:52 pm

This kid knew what he was doing. He waited every time they heads were turned. Me being a parent I would have beat his ass to. His family have yet to apolizie to these families. They making excuses to say what he did was ok. Let him run into some kids his age and let them kick his ass. He lucky I wasn’t one of the parents I think i would b whooping his momma ass. And for the grand-father your S MUCH OF AN ASS AS YOUR GRANDSON. Lock his bad ass up quick. He knew what he was doing.

BN

July 28th, 2012
5:27 pm

this child has some serious issues and for the aunt to get on television and make the statement that she did is crazy what normal about this lil boy. what really is going on at the day care center i do believe they should be shut down and sued we intrust our kid to day care owners and pay a good deal of money for our kids to be looked after and cared for while we work and this place allowed this to go on for over 15min and for God knows how many days the father was wrong but I do understand him and why he did what he did to allow this kind of behavior in a day care center I would never understand he should not have been there and the said thing is he will never be punished for him crime do I think he should be punished yes I do I don’t care what kind of medication he was or is on there is a place for kids like him and this day care center is not the place. like i said shut the place down and arrest the owner the workers and the parents.

Mimi

July 28th, 2012
6:52 pm

This is heartbreaking. I wonder if the boy’s parents made the daycare center aware of his behavioral/mental issues. However, there is still no way he should have been allowed to be in the same area with toddlers-behavioral issues or not!

All too often day care centers are so desperate for money that they accept children they know the workers aren’t trained to deal with. I worked at a day care center in college and the director allowed a child who was severely autistic to enroll. None of us had the proper training to work with this child! On one occassion I was left alone with her and several toddlers during nap time while the director and another teacher took a 2 hour lunch break! The autistic child awoke before they returned and I had to literally chase her around the center to keep her from hurting herself and the other younger children. Needless to say I quit that day! While it is not always humanly possible for day care workers to see everything, had this woman been the least bit engaged with the toddlers the abuse wouldn’t have gone this far. Thank God this didn’t happen to any child of mine!

Miss Georgia

July 28th, 2012
8:35 pm

You posted that the grandfather thought that the toddler “provoked” his grandson because of a scratch?

Did dear old grandad see that drop kick his sweet little darling gave to a toddler who wasn’t even bothering him? I’ll be amazed if grandad isn’t as psycho as grandson.

Harvey

July 28th, 2012
10:10 pm

Just insane!!! and to the grandfather…he needs to be left in a room with the kid for a couple of minutes and let his grandson beat up on him….the kid obviously knows what he is doing is wrong…he keeps looking around to make sure nobody is looking…if your doing the right thing then it doesn’t matter who is looking….this kid has serious problems…I don’t know what they stem from or where they started but they need to be addressed soon or God help who ever gets in this guys way a few years down the road…

Amber

July 28th, 2012
11:33 pm

An 11-month is not strong enough to scratch him badly enough to justify this. There is nothing that can justify him punching, shaking, and kicking a little child. He did it with such force. This whole thing filled me with rage as well as making my stomach churn. He is an absolutely horrid excuse for a child.

Truth2012

July 29th, 2012
5:44 am

The truth is, this kid probably watched one of him moms boyfriends beat the crap out of her, so he thinks its acceptable. In fact black women get abused at 7 times the rate of white women, and the #2 killer of young black women in the US is Femicide *murder by partner.

Bisnono

July 29th, 2012
9:54 am

Violence leads to violence. Any 9 year old who has been taught (yes, TAUGHT) that violence toward others is an acceptable way to express their feelings is a risk to society in general. How long before he escalates to killing small animals or worse? What if he had choked this baby to death? What if he had knocked the chair over with the baby in it? As a parent of a 7-month-old in daycare, this video is not only deeply disturbing, but also terrifying.

trixie

July 29th, 2012
10:21 am

I am shocked and sadden by the families reaction to this type of behavior. He’s nine and it’s almost to late. Actions and Behavior discipline begins at birth, when parents are determined to be active in making sure they raise a responsible adult. Takes a lot of time and too many take the easy way out.Shame on the Day Care this is why all parents need to take a hard look at who’s watching your children. Everyone should be taught that Actions have Consequences good or bad. Thats up to you.

Zipporiah

July 29th, 2012
10:51 am

THAT CHILD IS 9! THE TODDLER WHO SUPPOSEDLY PROVOKED HIM IS 11 MONTHS…REALLY??? There is no way that baby scratched him in a act of provoking him. That boy knew what he was doing. He is an abusive person,but I think it’s a learned behavior. He’s either been abused or saw someone in his family be abused.

Zipporiah

July 29th, 2012
10:52 am

…and if they don’t catch him now, next time he going kill someone.

elizabeth

July 29th, 2012
1:34 pm

This is so sad the worker was’nt even tryin to stop it I know she heard them crying and I agree with the other comment they should not put older kids with toddlers

zigs corner

July 29th, 2012
2:57 pm

This little boy need to get his as beat, and so do his parents for this nonsense. Can you believe the parents said the toddlers provoked him. What type of nonsense is that? Kmt, check out my review on the matter http://youtu.be/UYXWq82Td1Y

zigs corner

July 29th, 2012
3:16 pm

That child, and his parents need they ass beat. What crazyness is that, and his parents said the kids provoked him. WHAT? they all crazy. ya’ll check out my review on the issue http://youtu.be/UYXWq82Td1Y

Faye

July 29th, 2012
8:15 pm

Provoked? Would you be asking that dumb question if the kids he was beating were White? Are you serious? Because they are Black kids, they must have provoked him or deserved it or not worth the effort of punishing him? PLEASE!!!!!! You make me want to vomit for asking such a stupidd, idiotic, question. Apparently, you believe that little kids sometimes deserve that type of treatment. Maybe your kids or nieces and nephews need to be questioned about how you act towards them.

JoAnn

July 29th, 2012
9:41 pm

First of all, his mother was probably 15 or 16 when she gave birth to him. They more than likely live in a neighborhood where it is acceptable to wear your pants hanging off your butt, and stand on the corner smoking blunts all day . This child is most likely left to do whatever he wants to do, and roam all over the place unsupervised all day. But on another note the employee who seems more interested in what’s going on in the other room, needs to be fired. The adults in his life need a serious wake up call today, or tomorrow they will be visiting him behind bars, or in the cemetary. It’s just a sad situation for all those involved.

Rachael

July 30th, 2012
5:00 am

I have a 5 year old that would never do this! I watched the video and just couldn’t believe how awful the actions were. If he were my son I would give him the whooping of a lifetime. I feel that this all comes down to parenting, plain and simple.

RJ

July 30th, 2012
7:53 am

I work with children like this, and he needs help! His mother says he’s normal; not by a long shot! He takes medicine because he needs it. He is emotionally disturbed and definitely has some mental issues. Did he even take his meds that morning?

Russell

July 30th, 2012
2:29 pm

The problem ultimately has to boiled down to what brought this 9 year old child to this level of extreme disturbance. There is no doubt he is is disturbed and dangerous. The family who defends his actions is a family who projects violence as acceptable. I can love my child but never would I make some weak excuse for this kind of vicious & prolonged attack. This child is broken. Look at those who broke him and you will find many more victims.

Nicole b

July 30th, 2012
5:15 pm

Just watching this video makes me loose any and all religion I have. I cannot believe the ADULT did not know any of this was going on. I am not going to sit and believe this is the first time that little monster did something like to,he needs to be punished. This could have ended different for those precious little babies.I am outraged by anybody feeling like his actions were justified. That little devil needs to be taken and put on some kind of probation, ie: he cannot go near or around little kids, parks, esc. and if he violates this he will be put in a military school or something. Some kind of action needs to happen. Maybe as well holding the guardians accountable for the little monsters action, so maybe they will make sure the devil is going and following and maybe this will force them to do a better job at watching and raising these kids.

Gina

July 31st, 2012
12:36 am

If he’s doing this now,what will he be doing in a few years? How many people will he end up killing? It’s a shame we don’t have legal extermination for this type of vermin,because this one is a lost cause and many more innocent people will end up paying in the end. If he’s old enough to be doing this type of horrible thing,he’s old enough to face adult punishment for it.

Allianz

July 31st, 2012
9:47 am

the child should be taking from his parents and put in a mental hospital. the parents should be charge for there child action, I am sure they knew something was wrong with there child.the manager of the day care bond should have been higher.you can always spot a bad parent by the action of their children. this child should be banned from all day care in the united states and canada
and the parents should never have any more children. the law should check to see if the parents are brothers and sisters.I feel sorry for the other children, thank god for video

marce

July 31st, 2012
11:59 am

I’m just speechless, how can the grandfather say he was provoked by a toddler? This kid is far beyond of what a normal kid will react if he was provoked by a toddler, he has anger, he acts with premeditation, he is just a horrible kid, but the lady in charge is the worst care taker ever. Of course she should be responsible, for this attacks, I cannot believe she will not check on the little ones crying after the boy has kicked, bitten, and punched these poor kids. If that boy did that now, I know he will have no problems in 10 years, killing someone with a gun. Just awful.

Deborrah

July 31st, 2012
12:01 pm

It is my understanding that this day care center was in Vicksburg Mississippi, not Atlanta, Georgia. Secondly, this child is beyond hope. At nine years old he is already a psychopath. There is nowhere for him to go but downhill as he gets older into rapes, assaults, and finally murder. If he were an adult male doing that to women, he would be underneath the jail for a decade or more. I see no reason to give him a softer sentence. At least adults can fight back and run away – babies are defenseless against someone 10x their age, size and strength. This foul excuse for a human being should be locked away for the rest of his life.

Brittnie

July 31st, 2012
12:32 pm

This kid is as sick and stupid as his family is. Terrible! I hope this video haunts him and his family for the rest of their lives!!!
Get help people!!!!

Brenda

July 31st, 2012
6:54 pm

That child needs psychiatric care. He KNOWS it’s wrong or he wouldn’t be checking over his shoulder. It was more than retaliation, when he drops to the ground and kicks backwards and knocks the kid over. That’s not something kids usually do or think of while playing even.

I think the daycare is negligent in not being more vigilant but the boy KNOWS what’s he is doing and that it is wrong.

SingleMama

July 31st, 2012
7:15 pm

I’m a single mother who is currently looking for day care for my 20 month old child and I found a link to this video in my e-mail today. I am HORRIFIED at what I saw on this video! I read the majority of the posts on this site and everyone is talking about this child being angry and abused. I don’t see anger in this video!! I see a 9 year old precisely calculating when it is ok to inflict pain and torture on defenseless toddlers! He is doing it for FUN and ENTERTAINMENT not because he is angry! I do agree with spankings however I’m not sure spankings would help this child! I didn’t want to leave my child in a daycare before I saw this video and now I’m even more adament about find some sort of alternative!!

J Marcotti

July 31st, 2012
7:50 pm

These type of actions cannot be justified; it does not matter if he was or was not scratched by a child not even one year old. This kid has serious issues and I don’t mean just mental or anger problems. Something is going on at home, his parents need to be investigated; with actions such as these, the probability that this boy is himself being abused is very high.

Dr. Laura

July 31st, 2012
8:14 pm

Already fits the requirements for anti-social personality disorder … a young criminal in the making. Sad that authorities didn’t take him from his home earlier because it’s a given that the parents are unfit for parenting. Oh well, society can pay for him later when he grows up. Shouldn’t there be a basic test you need to pass before being able to reproduce?

Michal

July 31st, 2012
9:08 pm

While looking at this video, I see the 9 year old boy look around, so he won’t get caught. He knew exactly what he was doing. The adults in this family makes excuses for his behavior. This child does not need meds, he needs serious counseling or be locked away. If it had been my child that this boy had hit, I would have had the police at this daycare with my lawyers. I think that the parents need to come together and sue the daycare and the parents of the 9 year old. Another thing, too,Social Services needs to investigate this matter and the family of the 9 year old. I also think on cases as this, the parents of the 9 year old boy need to be charged with a crime. It’s high time that bullies and/or the parents that make excuses for them be held accountable. If the parents are too stupid not to teach their children that bullying is wrong then let the law let them know. I studied psychology (actually have a degree in it) and I can truly say that this child is on his way to being in prison for killing someone. With parents like this, it should be them.

Thompson

August 1st, 2012
6:43 am

As a childcare provider of 15 years, many rules were broken by the center and teacher in the room. maybe the laws are differnt there then in Maryland but in a center setting those age groups should never be together. As for the teacher or early childcare professional I’m concerned because yes she should of been paying more attention especially having an older child in the room. but I also believe that management takes some responsibility. it is the director job to know where the kids are and if there is a child within the center that needs more direction and staff accordingly. No the adult, and I use the word lightly, who cam and hit the child deserved to be arrested. Basically the child was believes that hitting is ok when upset and the adult encouraged such behavior. Where was the staff to protect the child from the adult and in any incident you are not to reveal the name of the children involved. Where is the professionalism? Now as for the child being provoked. It is way deeper than that. maybe an evaluation of the child is needed. no child should respond like that towards a smaller child. I say that because I have a child that is ADHD, and children with this disorder tend to not fully comprehend age differences and are easily disturbed by childlike behavior.They also tend to need more supervision. I have a home informal child care and I have a mixed age group but I am only allowed 8 children in order for me to beable to surpervise properly and that eight includes my own two. yes I do believe that the child teacher and adult needs to be addressed but lets not forget the managing staff.

T Williamson

August 1st, 2012
10:04 am

That’s CHRIS BROWN’S NEPHEW SMH

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