Blurring the lines between discipline and abuse

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DEL STONE JR.: Blurring the lines between discipline and abuse

Published: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 16:16 PM.

It was 9 o’clock on a Saturday night when a man in Clyde, N.Y., named Jesse Daniels was approached by his wife, who said she could hear noises coming from her father’s house next door. Daniels told her to call 911 while he went over to see what was happening.

When he entered the house he was shocked to discover four boys, ages 8 to 10, destroying the place.

They had used hammers to smash cupboards, cabinets, sinks and walls and had spread paint on the floors and cupboards.

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Then a curious thing happened.

Clyde police returned on Monday and arrested Daniels, charging him with four counts of child endangerment. Parents of the children pressured police to make the arrest, claiming that Daniels had grabbed one child by the neck and threatened the others with a hammer.

Time for some serious ass whumping!