Toddler Fight Club at Fort Bragg
Then there’s this story out of Fort Bragg about the guy who let his toddlers fight because they had been fighting with each other all day. Then the jackass decides it would be funny to post the video to YouTube. Then his ex-wife saw it now he’s lost temporary custody of the kids.
Good job there Beetle Bailey.
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7 opinions for Toddler Fight Club at Fort Bragg
Phoenix74
Nov 19, 2008 at 7:00 am
even though we obviously see much worse stories here, this one really got me. One of the poor little boys in the video clearly does not want to fight and is crying while the other is encouraged to keep hitting him. nice. I THINK the crying baby is the guys own son, too. what an asshole. I hope he loses custody all together, for good.
Ihavekidstoo
Nov 19, 2008 at 9:55 am
OK, maybe I’m just a judgmental, sexist witch, but WHY did the father have custody of those children? Fathers usually only get custody in one of two situtations - either the mother is so flagrantly unfit (think Britney Spears) that the courts think the kids would be better off with dad, OR mom has voluntarily given up her custodial rights. Either reason does not speak well of the mother, in my mind.
Here’s a thought - let’s take custody of these babies away from BOTH parents. Neither seems fit to take care of these kids - Dad doesn’t know that fist-fighting is inappropriate, especially for toddlers, and Mom didn’t want or wasn’t able to keep custody of them. They look like two cute little guys. Let’s fast-track them to adoption with parents who have their heads screwed on straight.
EchoedMemory
Nov 19, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Whoa!
Hold on there, ihavekidstoo!
You’re being completely judgemental about the mother and you have NO information about her whatsoever.
I have an 8 year old son who lives with his father during the week. Why? Because I live in a populated city and his father lives in a rural cottage-country area with a public school that holds no more than 400 children and where there is VERY little crime. He was born and raised there and we, as parents, BOTH wanted him to stay in a school like that one and not one out here.
That doesn’t say I’m a bad mother in ANY way, shape or form. That says that I put my son’s best interests before my own.
So think before you post outrageous and unfair accusations about someone.
Nicole
Nov 20, 2008 at 7:36 am
I just finished watching the clip on CNN. Talk about horrible and sick. They need to take this “soldier” and stick him in a prison cell with Bubba and see how he does in his own cockfight.
Ihavekidstoo
Nov 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Echoed Memory,
I’m sorry if my opinion offended you, but I think you are the exception when it comes to a mother who allows her child to live with the father because it’s best for the child. I applaud your willingness to put your child first, but I’m also sure you would not allow your child to live with his father if you had any suspicion he wouldn’t be treating your son well and taking care of him at least as well as you would.
I watched the interview with this mother and I didn’t get the impression from the way she presented herself that she is as involved a mom as you are. And she doesn’t have your reason — that living with dad affords access to better schools — to justify leaving her very small children with their dad.
If your son is old enough to be in school, he’s probably old enough to understand that you and your ex reached a mutual decision, based on what you both felt was best for your son, that he should live with his father. Being a responsible parent, you probably even discussed the decision with him before you made it.
You can’t explain that kind of arrangement to your average 2-year-old, who only knows that Mommy isn’t around anymore. Very young children like that need to be with their mothers as much as possible.
Stephanie
Dec 5, 2008 at 5:44 am
Ihavekidstoo — Did you think perhaps the fact that the father is on a military base might have had something to do with it? The kids probably have access to the military schools and extra benefits being under the father’s custody.
Jane
Dec 5, 2008 at 9:42 am
I agree w/ihavekidstoo 110%! These are BABIES we’re talking about, not school age children who can understand a pragmatic decision made about school systems. Mom sounds like a moron - a friend told her that if she didn’t know the kids involved, she’d “find it funny too”? Huh. So mom’s current friends are losers too, no better than her ex husband. Whether these babies end up w/mom or dad, I’m afraid they don’t stand a chance in this world.
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