Reply #5: Yes, it most certainly would be abuse, [View All]

[liberalhistorian]

especially if you could hear the slap itself from that distance. And it depends on what your definition of "overly attached to his mother" would be. Some people consider any attachment at all to be too much, and vice versa. If a child is overly attached to his or her mother, whatever that means, then it ain't the kid's fault! The mother has more to do with it than the child.