Should I report my neighbour for "man handling" his child?

This isn't "normal" manhandling of a child.

To be clear on what I mean, normal manhandling to me would be a yank out of the road (which may end up being rougher than you meant to be because holy shit they're in the road), or picking up and carrying a child who won't come with you, or blocking them from lashing out at another child etc.

''@iamtheblcksheep

I think unless you’ve seen this repeatedly you mind your own business.''

Absolute nonsense.

It is never OK to hit a child over the head.

OP, report this.

I've have "been there" in that I've had to wrestle a child into a car seat... ive also had to pick up a writhing kicking screaming toddler

I have not "been there" in that i have NEVER had cause to kick a child or hit my child on the head and if a neighbour witnessed my husband doing it i would
a. Want to know!!
b. WELCOME a social services visit.

A 2 year old child cannot PROVOKE child abuse. Ffs victim blaming at it absolute worst! No matter what buttons they push they do not deserve to be kicked and hit. An adult can easily pick a child up if it's being difficult and carry it home to tantrum at their own leisure.

It's obvious it's something this man is doing more than once

You think I'm lucky for never hitting or kicking my children?

Are you out right telling everyone on the internet you hit and kick your toddler?

Arent you lucky

@Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong
Are you 100% sure what you saw was unprovoked?
Provoked by a 2yr old? get a fuckin grip of yourself

I have never, ever been there.

You witnessed child abuse and hopefully still have evidence of it!! Report it to police and SS, NOW!

We have not all been there! I’m on my third child and our second can be incredibly difficult to manage. Never have I kicked her and hit her head. Even once is completely unacceptable and abuse!

Aa a one off we have all been there. ... if you suspect abuse you should report.

Plus. As an aside Your ring doorbell ahould not be anle to recird your neighbours. Thats an invasion of privacy

If it was just the arm pulling, I'd leave it as some light man handling can be needed with toddlers (eg. To stop them running off), which can sometimes look worse then it is.

The hitting and kicking I would 100% report, there is no excuse for that.

It upsets me and I have a child with SEN who regularly has massive meltdowns in public which are very frustrating and hard to deal with. I’m also a children’s social worker and regularly see and hear about truly horrific abuse. But this still upsets me.

don’t let people down play this type of behaviour.

Oh god this makes me
Feel sick, trust me, if this is what he does in public, it'll be worse at home.

As if he kicked her! Report this!!!

Absolutely report this assault.

It is illegal to hit a child like this. Technically it’s not illegal to hit or smack your child if it’s deemed a “reasonable punishment” and it doesn’t leave a mark. But a grown man kicking, hitting and yanking the arm of a toddler is not reasonable punishment.

Well obviously you report someone hitting a toddlers head and kicking them. I can't believe you need to ask.

You're title makes it sound like an ordinary difficult toddler episode with parent a bit fed up but doing their best

I get that sometimes you just have to grab them by the arm and pull them along but there's no excuse for kicking and hitting in the head. That's really shocking behaviour. I couldn't ignore that in good conscience.

What always worries me is that if they do that in public what on earth goes on behind closed doors?

Seeing someone hit and kick a toddler upsets normal people, including parents whose own children have had tantrums.

If you've got video evidence of aggression, absolutely report it. I'm sure many of us have had to wrangle an uncooperative toddler, it's not always possible to do so gently, but that's not the same as kicking and hitting.

What does the poster mean who says it may be provoked ? A grown man hitting and kicking a 2 year old is NEVER acceptable under any circumstances.
The man needs to be reported to the police and social services.
Please op report this incident immediately.

There’s no justification for being ‘provoked’ into hitting and kicking a 2 year old. That’s abusive, pure and simple. It’s made me think of CCTV that gets shown in court in cases like poor Star Hobson- who was dragged along the road when she could barely walk (turned out she had a broken leg). I thought you were going to say he was pulling her along by the arm or something- which can be subjective obviously as we’ve all had to try and wrangle toddlers to go in directions they don’t want to go. But what you’ve described sounds horrific. Definitely the right thing to report.