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My mom was grieving her brother's loss, one of her nephews came in to the room to play on the PS2. She was visibly crying on her bed, but they didn't care. He got to the start menu till I slapped him in the face, and shut off the game. Stupid little shit
This comment fits the question but not in the way you expected.
Haha just what I thought
She was crying. He was dissociating. You were lashing out. Grief is terrible.
I don't know his age, but don't hit kids. There's a better way to handle it.
yeah don't hit kids in the face. Face hits are to visible. Go for the torso instead. /s
Some people need a slap
From the nephew's perspective, they got slapped for no reason. If someone is misbehaving, use words before any other method.
It was not for no reason, my nephew barged into my mother's room, didn't even knock, and started using MY MOMS PS2. He did not ask to use the PS2 either. It was not his.
Apparently you were already in the room, which means your mom wasn't alone. There was no indication to the nephew that she wanted to be left alone, since you were in there.
Convincing me serves no purpose. You should have used your words with him.
Ok
If you can't communicate with children in other ways than by using violence, then maybe you shouldn't be around kids at all.