It’s distressing to consider that an infant child is now subject to this lady’s violent outbursts. Child Protective Services should put her on speed dial… From Wednesday’s Washington Post:
A woman who chased a 4-year-old boy through a McDonald’s restaurant in Montgomery County, pinned him in a headlock and screamed obscenities as she smeared his face with hot french fries was sentenced yesterday to four days in jail and ordered to attend anger management and parenting classes.
Milikia Hayes, 18, of Gaithersburg was nearly nine months pregnant with her first child when the incident took place in May. The boy, whom Hayes did not know, accidentally smeared ice cream on her clothing at a McDonald’s in Germantown, authorities said. The boy had turned around while he was in line ahead of Hayes, and his ice cream touched her sleeve.
Hayes started screaming at the terrified boy, who ran from her, authorities said. After catching him, Hayes smeared “boiling hot, greasy french fries” on his face, said State’s Attorney Douglas F. Gansler.
and the boy’s parents were doing what? When the twins were young, my husband was often impressed (and not always favorably) at how quickly I turned into a raving lunatic if someone so much as flinched towards the children. He still talks about pulling me away from someone who kicked the stroller wheel at the County Fair. He’s never seen me so much as frown at a stranger otherwise.
I have to agree with Justene – where the HELL were the parents?? That woman actually had to CHASE the four year old. I would have (and will) gone pastal on anyone who even attempted to come after my children.
There is a valuable lesson about messing with pregnant women here somewhere, but I’m still too appalled to figure out what it is.
D