Last week, we brought you the story of a man who slapped someone else's screaming child in a Georgia Wal-Mart. Because disciplining a child is a personal issue, unique to each family, we asked parents in the momlogic community what they would have done in this situation:

I'm nonviolent as a rule ... but I would have socked the guy the first time he delivered his "shut him up or I will" threat, before the slapping incident even occurred. What's ridiculous even without the slap is this: Understandably, we all want parents to control their children in public. But for God's sake, we're talking about a two-year-old here. All two-year-olds, even the sweetest ones, have meltdowns. Give a parent a break!

On the flip side, I think it's worth asking, what would you do if you saw a parent stuck with a child that just wouldn't calm down? Most times, I'd leave it alone ... but if I could see the parent needed help ... I can think of a hundred things better than smacking the kid. Like, for instance, offering to go grab something the parent needs to get ... or trying to make some balloon animals for the kid, for crying out loud (no pun intended). What's wrong with people today? -- John Forde

Let's put it this way. I'd be out of jail before that man got out of the hospital. -- Katalind

Hitting the guy and letting it escalate into a brawl is really going to traumatize the child! I think the mom handled it perfectly by calling security and getting the guy arrested. Then she can tell her daughter that the man is in a lot of trouble for hitting her. Since she wasn't hurt by more than the sting of the slaps, she has probably forgotten all about it -- in fact, the mom said that in a later story.

A two-year-old crying when they are tired and overwhelmed is just where they are developmentally. It is very different from a toddler disrupting a nice restaurant, since a store is not an entertainment-relaxation venue. I can't tell you how many times I walked out of restaurants with my son before he learned to behave -- even though we tried to choose kid-friendly places. They have to learn somewhere! -- Tracy Stoller

This man is clearly crazy. He needs to be evaluated for psychological problems and put in treatment. I am further saddened by the fact that mothers allow strange adults close enough to their kids for such an assault. We are supposed to protect our children from harm, not just stand there and watch. -- Nadine Bracken

I have had people make comments (and swear) at me and my children while in what appears to be increasingly adult-oriented public places, such as McDonald's and the grocery store. Most people can't tell by looking at my youngest son that he's autistic, but he definitely had sensory problems, including when in public, while a toddler. It was good for him to be there and to gradually learn it wouldn't hurt him. If a man had slapped my autistic child, or any one of my children, I would only hope I could contain my immediate rage to call security rather than tackle him with the ease of conscience of a mother bear. -- Sandy McKeown

Everyone would have thought I was auditioning for the WWF because that's how I would have got on him, and then called for someone to come get my baby and come get me out of jail. The nerve. -- Marquetta Alexander