Wow. At first I thought she was just having a really, really bad day, but when she went back to the kid, who was finally seated and calm, she kicked his foot, and then smacked him in the head with-a bag of toys, that was clear-cut.
Why in heaven's name was she in that position? She needs to be a typist or something that doesn't involve interaction with-energetic toddlers.
Neat that the mom noticed the socks.
We had a child abuse issue at the gym a few yrs back. Looking back on it, I wish I had called CPS. husband said he'd handle it and all they did was transfer the employee. Our difficult child was getting out of control and the daycare person sat on him. I mean, laid him out flat and sat on him. She had a baby daughter who was very calm and had no idea what to do with-an out-of-control boy.
When we found out, we asked difficult child why he hadn't told us b4 (apparently she'd done it b4) and he shrugged. Apparently he didn't know it was wrong. And he was such a tough kid, all it did was teach him to be tougher, and to outmaneuver adults.
And we wonder where they learn this stuff ...