r/AITAH • u/HopefullyIntentional • 4d ago

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u/takatine 4d ago

They say I could have let him hit me until he calmed down 😳

WTAF???? This is a 9 year old boy, not a toddler. A 9 year old who should know by now that hitting is wrong, and should be able to control himself, but was never taught control, never taught to behave, never taught right from wrong, never disciplined, never told no. A 9 year old who regularly hits his mother, and is big enough to hold a ball out of the reach of and strong enough to prevent a 19 year old from getting up.

Again, WTAF??? NTAH. TA is your SIL, for raising and enabling an uncontrollable, unrepentant bully. This child will grow up to seriously injure her one day. JFC 🙄

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u/Theunpolitical 4d ago

I thought this was a toddler too until she said 9. That being said, I don't think she should have hit him but I think she could have done some other consequences such as take the ball away so he couldn't play with it.

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u/takatine 4d ago

While I agree that hitting him wasn't the best option, and I don't condone violence/hitting children, if she, as she said, couldn't get up, couldn't get away from him, maybe it was her only option. It's utterly insane to me that her family actually thought she should have let him continue to hit her til he calmed down. NO.