Single Dads Support Group

I think you were right in saying it morally, Unfortunately in the world we live in people don't think when someone offers advice, they automatically jump to the offensive to prove thier right, it makes the world a much more hostile place..... Sadly

bob59 Well for everyones piece of mind. I do not have anger problems. I have not been in a fight in over 30 years. My reaction was not in anger. He just kept pushing until I had no choice.
The kids did not see what happened. The boy's mother go him away and a store employee saw what was coming and took Johnny down another isle. The only thing he saw was me talking to the police.

When something like that happens I flash back to my dad pummeling me or making do things that scared the shit out of me and I prayed for a hero! Although you whooped on the guy hopefully he will start to consider what his actions might be doing to his son! If only there were times someone would have stepped in for me. There was my mom but he would beat her and then continue on saying"see what you made me do" Oy! God bless ya 59, someone has to stick up for the little people!

I think if more people got the beating they deserve from time to time, society as a whole would learn to be more polite. Unfortunately thats not the world we live in anymore. To me, you made a statement to hopefully stop a bad situation, and when he escalated it, you used as much force as was needed to defuse it. I hope nothing more comes of this situation for you.

i am glad you interviened!!! sometimes it takes an outsider to say something before the abuse stops. who knows what happens in that childs house. maybe this gave the guy a wake up call!!

sometimes I think it would be better for everyone if we still lived in the ways of the Wild West. You did nothing wrong and he should have never come pushing you etc. He had every right to tell you to mind your own business though. I still think what you said was perfectly reasonable either way and I hope you dont get charged with something stupid for this!!!

depending on the state, regardless if you were defending yourself or not, you got pushed, you handled him eh could press charges, (what a coward anyway)...
However if he were behind you and pushing you, you could haev kept walking without turning around and belting the guy, then went to get security, say you were being assaulted and had things handled amicably where you were the one perssing charges on him. I know would take a lot to keep from doing that myself. However, knowing that I was with my child, I wouldn't have gotten involved first if doing anything with another child. You did cross the line of stepping in on him and his child. The child was upset and crying but in no manner did it appear was in any grave danger rather than being a little scared. I would have taken offense to someone budding in on me and my kids, but I would not have scared my little one like that. I did try to take my son in a haunted house once, where he screamed bloody murder until we left. But I didn't pursue to torture the child. (he was 4 at the time). Just like Santa Claus, some kids are scared of Santa, and the parents INSIST on putting the kids on his lap. Would you bud in on someone trying to push their kid on Santa? It wasn't your business honestly. I do hope that you get off on this. And more importantly, you know also when the guy went home, he could have A. kicked his wife's a** or the kids for being a brat, or whatever because of what happened to him. There are unstable people in the world, and unless he was beating the kid in Walmart, you really should haev left things alone. my two cents. your a dad, just be one to your own kid.

I don't think you were wrong. I feel the child was more important than his silly father. Maybe his father will be more understanding to his son's feelings.