Im sorry but if you are going to dish it out then be expecting to receive it.

Too many kids these days don’t get disciplined so go around thinking they can get away with murder.
I think the manager did the right thing.
Those kids need a good slapping.

Least someone did some much needed parenting gloves off for kids these days.

The kid is a little shit and the man was the victim here and was 100% right to do what he did. I would have back hand him if he did that to me or I seen him doin it to any other person. No manners.

I don’t believe he went too far. This boy needs to be pulled into line before he gets much older. If he acts like this now, imagine what he’ll be like as an adult. Hope he gets charged and the parents see just how their son is behaving towards other people.

Honestly, I have absolutely no sympathy for that child at all. He got what he deserved. Thinking he’s a tough guy then wailing like a baby. I feel really sorry for the adult here. I have four kids and would be horrified if any of them acted this way, God forbid they ever do.

From what i could see the guy was patient for as long as he could be. the child had no respect and kept goading him… he ca’t be surprised when the guy reacted and snapped !

It seems the man was at breaking point, kids have to be respectful.

This kid is the Devil. I can’t believe what I’m seeing. This is apalling behaviour by any child. I believe this man acted with restraint. What else was he supposed to do? Who was filming this? Why were other adults not trying to help. My God, I have never seen anything like this and it’s part of what’s wrong this this younger generation today.

Further to my below comments – the kid punched and shoved first. What about his abuse on the adult.

No way was that too far! Probably the only bit of discipline this kid has ever seen and is obviously one of those types of kids who have to keep pushing the boundaries to see how much they can get away with and up until now has gotten away with everything. I mean seriously, the kid was 10 years old and at a park without adult supervision. Where were his parents? This kind of behaviour leads to more criminal activity later in life. It needs to get nipped in the bud, kids need to learn that that is not okay.

I don’t think it was too far. The kid was pushing and punching the park manager. He was well within his rights to defend himself. He might have only been a kid but was nearly as big as the park manager and certainly knew what he was doing. I can almost guarantee the kid was only behaving the way he was because he thought he would get away with it.

yes another adult should be able to discipline a child if the child is doing something to endanger another human being and the child’s parents are not in the vicinity.

This kid and his friends were doing the wrong thing, and would have kept doing the wrong thing until it might have seriously hurt someone. I am glad the police officers asked the man if he wanted to press charges and I think he should have – young people who want to act that way need to be pulled into line quickly to change that behaviour before they turn in to young adults and their actions get worse turning them into petty criminals.

I would also hope that their parents would be equally disgusted in the way the boys were behaving, especially as it has been caught on video

He was a lot more patient than I would have been with the boy.

Tricky – he’s just a kid, but that’s pretty close to self defence.