Scumbag punches 3 year old in the face.

@Coldwarkid, it doesn't, I agree. He is fully culpable.

My concern now is that kid. Someone let his father down very, very bad before he went on to let himself down in such an appalling way. I'm asking, is there anything that can be done now to support a good outcome for the toddler?

Or is it a case of as long as it's not on my doorstep or doesn't hit my pocket. Because that is exactly what goes on in this country, no one gives a sh!t as long as it's scumbags killing scumbags, or it's not your children growing up in that environment. Yes they are most likely facing a life of misery, immense challenge, mental health difficulties, suicide, and unemployment, but hey, as long as it doesn't hit my pocket!

That's what I find to be the sickening element here.

As the mother of a 3 year old, I don't even want to look at that article/video. Judging from peoples comments here about the mother not giving a damn and as a child of abuse myself I pray to God that child is taken away from them. A care home might sound bad, but it will never be as bad as growing up knowing your parents don't give two fúcks about you.

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What a lot of you fail to realise is that this chap was likely himself punched in the face as a three year old.

And potentially this three year old may go on to punch a few toddlers in the face when he grows up.

That's the issue to be repulsed about. Not this. Though I am very, very angry he done that, and struggling to hold my nerve.

Locking them up in jail on a cyclical basis seems to be a great strategy to eradicating the issue, doesn't it...

My father was beaten on a regular basis by his dad and never once laid a finger on us - which is very lucky for us as he's a huge man and he would have probably killed us. He never once in my whole life slapped or raised his voice to me, no matter what I did.

My husband was also beaten mercilessly by his absolute drunken scumbag of a father and he has never raised a hand to me or his toddler child and it wouldn't even occur to him to do so - although he did ask me after seeing the video what I would have done if I was that kids mother and I calmly told him that he'd go to sleep that night but he wouldn't be waking up ever again.

Anyway, my point being that just because a toddler was hit by his dad does not mean that he will be doomed to repeat history nor does it mean that his father was beaten as a child.

The father is a grown man with a brain all of his own - he made the decision to hit his son, nothing made him do it. He's a scumbag and he deserves to be punished harshly, that idiot mother doesn't deserve her beautiful children and should also be punished and that poor baby deserves a much better home. I really hope he is in a loving home now and that his nightmare is over

What an absolute scrote.

I'm sure this is not the first time he has assaulted to poor little fella. Hopefully, the kid has been saved further harm.