Should I cut my grandmother off after she slapped my 4yr old in the face?
Should I cut my grandmother off for slapping my 4 yr old in the face?
For context my grandmother is 78 years old. She and my mother lived together and they are old school so they believe and spanking and such. They both know I do not use physical discipline.
So on Mother's day it was also his 4th birthday. We had lunch at my aunt's house and then went back to my grandmother's house and before we walk in the house my son just let go and lost his helium dinosaur balloon. We got him to calm down to open up one of his presents (mini baskenball goal) He was already tired at this point and I was putting together his basketball toy. When I told him it was missing pieces and I wasn't able to put it together he started having a meltdown. This time it's full blown meltdow I know there is no calming this one down. I decide that we're just going to head home but my mother and my grandmother get upset because they don't want us to leave. I sit back down trying to figure the toy out or rig it and my grandmother starts berating him for crying and screaming so she decides she's going to try to out scream him and tell him to shut his mouth at the top of her lungs and when he tried to match her volume she back handed him in the face. I told her she does not hit my child and I grabbed him and left. While I was buckling him in the car seat she came outside and yelled at him that's what he gets for throwing a fit and throws his brand new basketball toy in the dumpster. she didn't even apologize until almost 4:00 the next day and i didnt respond until she sent me more messages today. I am going to attached them