Definition: Given a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation, generate a suitable title that describes the main event/root cause of the situation. Imagine that the given text is a social media post, and you have to write the title of the post, so the users can decide to read the main text or not.
Input: I'm in my car in a parking lot, killing time, waiting for a store to open. I see a mom walk out of a different store, clearly pissed, little 10 year old girl in front of her. The mom pushes the kid from behind two or three times. I watch.

They get to their car. Kid waits for mom to open the door... Mom hits her a couple times, kid cowers, mom opens the car door and hits kid with it, grabs something from inside the car, slams the door and raises her hand to hit the kid again. I watch.

Kid scurries behind the car, mom follows and this time has both hands balled up and is seriously hitting the kid. I open my car door and just stand there, 20 feet away and yell for her to quit.

The mom seemed shocked that anyone saw her and moreso that someone was saying anything back to her. She quit hitting the kid, they walked back toward the store but she did have additional words for me. What I was able to make out was "its my kid, i can do what i want".

The only reason I'm asking AITA is because i do believe parents have the right to discipline thier kids... But the number of hits and then it turning into closed fists, i wasnt just going to watch any more.

The "best" part was that the car had a bumper sticker for a catholic pro life "are you pregnant? Dont abort, try adoption" hotline... Cause she can beat her kids in public if she wants but will tell you what you should do with a baby on the way.


yelling at mom beating kid in parking lot