I like your approach of slap first, ask questions later. You would make a good pimp.

How can this be anything else then a YDI?

OP - Keep your hands to yourself asshole! Commenters saying to chill out - This guy is not a parent, he is an older brother. There is a difference and he should not be laying hands on siblings under any circumstances. When he has kids of his own, he can slap them around all he wants. And, likewise, the mother of the kid he slapped should have kept her ******* hands to herself too!

omg ******* chill. its just a slap on the arm, not a ******* punch in the face. losers

wow i really doubt it was hard enough to make the kid cry, just enough to move his hand away but the kid was probably surprised so he cried, op didn't deserve to get slapped, fyl

Even if it WAS your brother, you had no business smacking him anyway. Here's a new and different idea not too many people engage in: PAY ATTENTION TO THE PERSON WHO YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF. This way, you catch that person LONG before they act up. You make it clear before you go out how you expect him/her to behave, you tell them ONCE not to do something (ex - slowing down to look at something, walking/running away from you when you're trying to get somewhere else etc.) If they don't listen or they do it again, you let them know the shopping trip will be over if they do it again. Then, the third time, you tell them you're going home with nothing. How hard is that? Give them food before they leave, have them go to the bathroom before they leave or right when they get there. Make it clear that you're going in, then getting what you need, and getting out; THEN follow through. If you're not buying them extras and only buying the TV/necklace/basic foods, then don't buy any for yourself either (this makes the shopping trip faster), especially if you go when it's not busy. Better yet, have a friend or your significant other take your money and have THEM go for you so you can stay home and watch the kid. Offer them and extra $5/$10/20 for what they need and gas/transportation money and if they have kids, offer to babysit free of charge. Really, it's not that hard. And DO NOT lay your hand on someone else's kid. If the kid isn't acting right and truely interfering with your shopping, say in a loud voice (to the kid) that they need to find their grown-up. If no one responds, call the store manager and tell him/her that there is a lost child (you have the store number in your phone, right?) and that you'll keep him/her in your line of vision until the parent shows up. It'll be on THEM that their kid wasn't being watched, not on you.

HOLY SHIT PEOPLE IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE SLAP ON THE ARM. I'M POSITIVE IT DIDN'T HURT AND IT WAS MORE OF AN ATTENTION SLAP THAN A PUNISHING SLAP. SURE I DESERVED IT. BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I PUNCHED THE KID IN THE FACE. MORE LIKE A TAP THAN A HIT

Oh i do that to my brother sometimes but i poke him instead lol.

she should thank you for saving her money since he woulda probably broken the iteam

Shut up you dicks. Obviously you don't understand what OP meant by "slap" As in, the kid's arm isn't red, or sore, or ever going to be, he probably didn't really feel it. Haven't your parents ever slapped your wrists? It doesn't actually hurt or anything, it's not really disciplinary, it's a "look this way"/attention-grabbing method, similar to snapping your fingers in front of someone's face. Basically, it's a hard tap. Though the problem with how the OP did it is that, since the kid was touching expensive, breakable things, she shouldn't have slapped him or done anything startling (depends on her angle when she did) because he might have caused him to jump or to move just slightly enough to knock whatever it was over. Probably grabbing the child or calling him would have been better. My mother used to thump my ears, always made me recoil appropriately (as in, not knocking something down). Also, obviously, YDI for not paying attention. Seriously, there are so many FMLs because someone wasn't paying close enough attention and just acted. I've had someone grab me before instead of their child. Everyone feels embarassed. Not fun stuff. Lol at her smacking you though. Priceless.

First of all, I think the first problem is with calling the author an "OP" and being to immature to call them the "author" Second, where does yelling back and forth over the internet get you, do you feel better about yourself?, do you feel all big, bad, and tough? do you feel like you accomplished something? because if you do, you need to find something better to do with your time than belittle other people who are just as entitled to share their opinion as you are. There really is no need to attack someone else based upon their reaction to a particular post. Why are ignorant fools so unable and inept to grasp the ever so difficult concept of responding to a post on this message board, as opposed to attacking other people who are trying to share their opinion about a particular topic?

Personally, I don't think you should be slapping any kid even if it is your brother. That being said she had every right to slap you, because it was her kid. F the kids life.