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Gloria Ballard: Woman Spanks Stranger's Child at a Salvation Army
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by Tina Kells | September 16, 2009 at 01:11 pm
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Gloria Ballard is one tough woman, she knows how to hit a 2-year old and show them who's boss. When Ballard saw 2-year old Sean Goode acting up in her local Salvation Army she took matters into her own hands, literally. After chastising the child's mother Dannay Jones for not "controlling" her toddler Gloria Ballard picked up the small child and spanked him three times on the bottom. Gloria Ballard has since been charged by police with assault.
Gloria Ballard confronted the toddler's mother, Dannay Jones, at a Salvation Army.
"The lady tried to tell me how and what I should do to take care of my child," Jones wrote in an affidavit.
Ballard then put 2-year-old Sean Goode over her own lap and "hit him three times on his bottom," Jones told officers.
Police said Ballard is now charged with assault and will be arraigned on Wednesday afternoon.
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at 14:34 on September 16th, 2009
What was the mother doing while this happened? If anyone did that or anything similiar like that to my kid (when i have them) I would kick their ass. People are insane or something that they so ardently believe they can tell others how to live and then attempt to force them to do so.
at 05:02 on September 17th, 2009
Since when is it okay to spank another person's child? Obviously it's not, not in any situation, and especially if you don't even know the child or the child's mother. Ballard had no right to lay a single finger on the two year old, and it makes me wonder if she's capable of doing something worse. If a 2 years old's antics "annoys" her to the point of acting down right ignorant what else might push her over the edge? We all know that when children hit the "terrible twos" that they can sometimes get on our nerves, but there's nothing this lady can do or say to justify her actions especially since she probably wasn't around the child for over ten minutes! I can't imagine just how frightened that child must have been.
at 15:02 on September 17th, 2009
Do you realize that when a child, person or even an employee in a store is acting in a disruptive manner, you can go to the manager of the place and ask him to take care of the situation and nine times out of ten, the problem is addressed, not always resolved , but the people involved know that there is something wrong with a certain behavoir and do something about it. To take matters in your own hand, in a physical way, is wrong to say the least, and Ms. Ballard is now realizing how wrong her actions were. So, why is it every time I read an article on this event, and there are comments, people are always saying "If that were my child, I would have kicked her ass" do people know that makes them no better than this woman. Oh this woman has issues so lets cure them with more violence. That sends a great message to the child who was spanked by a stranger. I think the mother in this incident handled things wonderfully by involving the police and pressing charges instead of taking matters in her own hands which would have landed her in jail, while Ms. Ballards charges were pending.
at 18:16 on October 15th, 2009
Child buttock-battering vs. DISCIPLINE:Child buttock-battering for the purpose of gaining compliance is nothing more than an inherited bad habit.Its a good idea for people to take a look at what they are doing, and learn how to DISCIPLINE instead of hit.I think the reason why television shows like "Supernanny" and "Dr. Phil" are so popular is because that is precisely what many (not all) people are trying to do.There are several reasons why child bottom-slapping isn't a good idea. Here are some good, quick reads recommended by professionals:Plain Talk About Spankingby Jordan Riak,The Sexual Dangers of Spanking Childrenby Tom Johnson,NO VITAL ORGANS THERE, So They Sayby Lesli Taylor M.D. and Adah Maurer Ph.D.Most compelling of all reasons to abandon this worst of all bad habits is the fact that buttock-battering can be unintentional sexual abuse for some children. There is an abundance of educational resources, testimony, documentation, etc available on the subject that can easily be found by doing a little research with the recommended reads-visit www.nospank.net.Just a handful of those helping to raise awareness of why child bottom-slapping isn't a good idea:American Academy of Pediatrics,American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,Center For Effective Discipline,PsycHealth Ltd Behavioral Health Professionals,Churches' Network For Non-Violence,Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu,Parenting In Jesus' Footsteps,Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of Children,United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.In 26 countries, child corporal punishment is prohibited by law (with more in process). In fact, the US was the only UN member that did not ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.