Some people have no business raising animals, let alone children. I HOPE the mother was just having a bad day (albeit, a REAL bad day), and that this wasn't the norm. Sadly, since this took place in public, (where you would think she would use some restraint), I'm probably wrong. I was stopped at a red light once and across the street to my right I saw a little kid, by herself, running towards the street. The mother, ambling behind her at about 30 paces, just stands there. Finally when it looked like the kid was going to run into the street, the mother runs up, grabs her and smacked her in he ass for almost running in the street. I yelled at her out the window "maybe if you were paying attention nothing would have happened you stupid b****". I felt like getting out of my car and giving her the same treatment but I would have been the goof to get arrested. Plus she was off to my right and it was a one way street going the other way. Sad.