Hopefully that child was thrown out of the house or sent to be raised by wolves.

When I was in school (too many years ago to count), if you got in trouble the nuns would discipline you. By the time you got home from school, your parents were notified. Then you got your butt beat at home also. Needless to say, I never did it again!!!
Things have changed!!!! Parents listen to their children and the teachers are blamed for everything!!!!
Parents wonder why their children don't owe up to their responsibilities!! He probably snapped!!! Bad situation the whole way around!

Well obviously this is going to be settled in court # 1

For all the Chief supporters the question you need to ask yourselves is pretty simple, will he take the stand in his own defense ? or take the Cowards way out and hide behind some slick lawyer.

The kid did not get those injuries from " We Had A Pretty Good Tussle " the Alleged Accused Own Words, and I do emphasize " Alleged ".

It as in today's DS on page C-1.

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My prayers go out to Mike Tucker, he is a good man, his teenage kid pushed his button, and he reacted.

Anyone know which organizations are useful for preventing child abuse?
 

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I looked this organization up by googling so I am not familiar with it. I am glad, however, that this incident is being discussed by the Villages Daily Sun as well as on TOTV.

Anyone have any information on what organizations, agencies, etc. were helpful if they were involved in some way with preventing child abuse, educating people about its effects and the like?


The Florida Victim Services Directory lists local resources-- http://myfloridalegal.com/directory organized by Judicial Circuit.

wow........

I have to agree with this comment .................. and I'll continue by asking "is this really child abuse" or was it a one off over-reaction to a smart mouth teenager, or is it an ongoing problem in the house? If it is an ongoing problem in the house then it's child abuse. I think if there was habitual child abuse in the home someone outside the home would have known about it. There are four boys, one of them would have mentioned something to someone by now.

I have just finished reading the piece in the paper which states that Mike Tucker had been out with his crew fighting the Villa fire, I am going to assume he returned to the Fire Station to help with the clean up of the engine and putting away equipment and then probably had to write at least one, probably two or more lengthy reports on the fire. I am going to assume he then went home exhausted and the son in question probably made a stupid typical teenage comment ................ At that point Mike Tucker appears to have lost it and pushed, slapped, whatever, his son causing him to fall off the kitchen stool. The son probably was more than annoyed by this reaction and continued to give his Father lip and from then on all hell broke lose in that house.

I have raised boys, great kids, but push my buttons they certainly could and did.

I am hoping when this case does go to court Mike Tucker will have a Judge who has some commonsense and gets to the bottom of this.

His child could've been killed from this beating......

BUT his child was not killed from this altercation ------ but his child now runs the risk of losing his Father, the Father's income and the home life he has enjoyed to this point.

"Investigators also interviewed Tucker's wife,who said her husband struck the child in the head,causing the fall from the stool. She WALKED AWAY and did not witness the REST of the altercation, (not "tussling"), the report states. These are quotes from the article in today's Daily Sun) WHY did she walk away !!!!!!???? I just hope the victim went to the hospital for some tests, especially on his head.

WHY did she walk away !!!!!!????

She probably walked away because she was used to them bickering at each other and wanted no part of it. I'm going to assume, rightly or wrongly, that Mike Tucker and his son had an ongoing combative relationship.

These situations are often very tragic for those involved. There do not seem to be any easy answers in these either. We really do not know what the private lives of this Villages area family are, however. I do hope that the case falls to a wise judge.

Anyone know what kind of laws bind the judge's actions with respect to child abuse allegations here in Florida? There often seems to be only so much leeway a judge striving for what is best for the family really has? And then the wise judge becomes an activist judge if she goes too far.

Hopefully it's going to be a lesson learned by all concerned. If it is a case of a father/son rubbing each other the wrong way then I have to believe that TV will stand behind him. I am also going to assume that the children and the wife, plus his co-workers will be called to speak on his behalf. If this is not the case then he is real trouble.