[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..we don't know that though, her emotions are all caught up in the turbulence of the riot and seeing her son a part of it and I would think that part of her slapping him would come from a fear and dread for his safety and a reaction to that...because her reaction and her emotions were to slap him in this extraordinary situation is no indication of a mother who likes to slap her son or that she hasn't shown him respect in his growing up...or that there is any sort of 'slapping around' type history in his childhood or life...