There is NOTHING in the World a child could have done to make an adult hit them. I hope this "woman" or those associated with her do not try to justify it. Don't bother explaining your trashiness. Sickening!

If she doesn't get jail time for this, the prosecutor needs to get another job.

Thats gangsta

I'll bet this mother has had enough with these boys bullying her daughter. And of course the school doing nothing. I don't condone hitting the boys BUT I do expect these boys to be held accountable for their bullying nonscense.

I am sure this woman was fed up with her daughter being harassed on the bus. A few years ago my daughter was touched inappropriately by a boy on the bus. My first thought was to go to that boys house and ream his mother out for not teaching her son to respect girls. I did not act on this impulse, instead , I spoke to the police officer at the school and I had it put on his permanent record.

This woman should be slapped in her face by someone 20 years her senior. She should be prosecuted for assaulting a 3rd grader and accept the consequences of her actions, whatever they may be. Disgusting.

I hope that not only does she go to jail, but that her kids are removed from her home, sounds like there is no real parenting there, let her poor kid have a chance at a good life. I would think that slapping a child should be considered abuse.

Ok, Bullying, teasing etc... in schools is out of control and unacceptable! But for two adults to enter the bus, ask for the "alleged" abuser by name, curse at him and then slap him is insane! Obviously, these two women feel they have nothing to loose. Hopefylly, they will be punished to the fullest extend of the law! And where was the bus driver when this was happening?

Shame on the bus driver for allowing these women on the bus. she should be part of the blame for this. as a retired bus driver we were taught never,never to allow any parent on the bus for any reason, and she broke the rule and sadly some kids were harmed. this was a neighborhood fued that should be left off the bus !!!

Having your mom come on the bus and curse at and slap some kids will the girls school life much more comfortable.

And bullying is no more prevalent today than it was 50 years ago. Its not going to lessen or go away. The bleeding hearts should find a battle they can win.

That lady is my hero..These punk kids get away with murder these days..He deserved it..These kids need a good fresh one across the face once in awhile

I hope this mother and grandma gets in big trouble,who do they think they are? It could have been handled in so many different ways.If this is how the little girl 's mother and grandmother acts ,how do you know if the little girls story holds true? It sounds like it is bad parenting starting with the grandma,a vicious cycle.

Anyone who justifies this is a fool. So you stop a bully by an adult slapping a kid on the bus. Really?!The penalties should be more severe because they are children. Couldn't imagine if this was my child. I feel for all the chilled involved

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From her FB page: "Love to do anything fun and love my kids and family soo much!! I am shy when I first meet someone but I am a VERY fun and outgoing person once I know u. Love the friends I have!!!I am a very caring and compassionate person and maybe sometimes I think I care too much. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life but have learned and grown so much from them. I've been hurt before just like everyone has what can I say people are assholes and only care about there own feelings and own well being. I have trust issues that I am tring to work on. I hate lyers and cheaters and users. Life sucks and is a daily struggle but when I look into my 2 beautiful kids eyes I know that it was all worth it and helps me go on...MY KIDS MY WORLD...they will always come first....."

Oh please ,I looked up both these people,I wanted to see what they looked like.I even looked up the Grandma's address because I live in Beachwood. These two women brought it on themselves,you do something stupid it will bring attention to you.

Print their mugshots.

They should have slapped their parents for not raising their kids properly to respect girls sounds like the better plan to me

The bottom line is, the 2 boys that were slapped, and the woman's daughter. She has no idea how much worse her daughter's life in school is going to get. I would hope that the school has a talk with all the kids about this. Kids are going to bully no matter how many times you tell them not to. The schools need to take a more drastic stand when it's brought to their attention. I have seen first hand, how they don't always address the issue. It should never have gotten to this point.

Another great job at journalism from our crack patch crew, thus allowing the highly enept slew of responders to articulate. No one on your staff thought of asking where the incidents took place,school,home or the bus? Has this been ongoing? If at school were the correct people notified,with no solution .I'm sure with the new anti bullying campaign ,there's got to be a trigger happy administrator ready to make an example out of someone. If it started on the bus was it called in to the head of the department? We know nothing from this article. You people just need someone to blame. The bus driver,come on,strapped in with a seat belt and a crazy mom bum rushes a bus,really? It's her fault? And as she's trying to get crazy mom off the bus,crazy grandma gets on while her back is turned, that's her fault? Lets all wait for an update on this story,as we do for more than half the other articles on this site that never come. Than maybe we will have a better idea.

Sorry Maria ,I'm not buying it,I know kids can be cruel . At that age most of the times they say things that they don't fully understand.I'm speaking as a parent of a 9 and 13 year old.I dealt with some problems already and went to the parents. I also dealt with the school and it was taking care of. If that is what the boys were saying,I find it hard to believe that the didn't take care of it. In other articles it claimed they had the wrong boys. What did the grandma say about that? They went on the bus and it affected all those children,which range from k through 5. Now how do they justify what they did to all the parents that had young kids on the bus?

WHITE TRASH

Had a problem with my child being teased etc. Last straw was when she was called a very inappropriate name (especially for a 10 year old). My wife called the other child's mother and asked where a young child could have heard such a word. In the background, my wife heard the child's father say "Maybe your kid heard your husband say that to you!". So I decided to visit the man and talk it out. He refused to come to the door, so I told him we would talk some other time; perhaps we would bump into each other somewhere in town. When I arrived home from work the next day, Toms River's finest was at my house. It appears the witty fellow who is raising such a fine citizen felt threatened by my invitation to discuss our situation. I advised the Officer that the man was under the wrong impression and that I merely wished to talk to him. We enjoyed a good laugh after I relayed the previous day's events. I then wrote a letter to the school's principal and "cc'd" the TRBOE Superintendent. The problem went away. Kids should never be subjected to poor behavior on the part of offended parents, but the parents of the offending children should be made aware of the problem, then held accountable if it persists.

I seriously doubt if the principal did nothing!!!! The Principal of this school is known to be very pro-active..... This woman and her mother are garbage! If she hit my child, she would be knocked out!

The TR Elementary School I went to did nothing from 1999 until I graduated in 2006. From what I hear, they still dont do anything to prevent bullying. Hope it isnt the same with this school.

There is no reason for this!! If there is a problem on the bus they should have started to transport her themselves!! She should have her children taken away!!! That is definitely a TRASHY act!! Rebecca and her mother need to grow up!! I guess its easy to pick on a 9 yr old!!! Why didnt she contact their parents ( its easier) to beat on a child!! She should be charged with endangering the welfare of all those other child on the bus that had to deal with that craziness!!! Some people sould learn something that most people learn at the age of 5 yrs old RESPECT!!!! She should be locked up like the caged animal she portrays herself to be!

I disagree with the way the Mom and Grandmom handled the situation. HOWEVER...I bet there is much more to this story then we all are aware of at the moment. I have a feeling that this just became an uncontrollable situation after the Mom repeatedly approached the school system and nothing was done to protect her child. Again, I am NOT defending her Mom...just blaming the TR school system?

do any of the people in this story have the two biological parents living in the same house ........ENOUGH SAID !

Times have changed thank Goodness. i was slapped by an unstable woman when I was 9 for no reason and no one did anything about it back then. How could she be soooooo stupid.

In regards to the principal --The principal of this school is known to do whatever the parents want her to do. She has always been missing a backbone and has no business being a principal. She's on (or at least was) another district's BOE so you can connect the dots.

bullying happens in ALL the schools. Even private school. I know from experience. This was wrong on all sides. A small problem is ignored and leads to this. The blame goes all around. One thing I don't see mentioned is how we put up with this trashy behavior from kids and adults by supporting the stupid "reality" TV shows. Just watch one and you'll see how a kid or impressionable adult would think it's OK to bully and curse at anyone. It's tolerated and encouraged by TV trash shows.

This women hit the wrong children and said some things that I couldn't even write on here. Bullying is so wrong. But deal with the issue a different way then threatening to kill them.

speak softly, and carry a big stick

A lot of wrongs going on here....I agree, NO ONE has the right to get on a school pass and slap a child, she obviously wasn't thinking, and her Mother was no help either. No reason to get on a bus and curse out the kids either, you have children as young as 6 on those buses, they don't need to hear or see that. However, someone bullied or did something to her child, they should be held accountable by the schools, and given more than 1 day to handle it. I am sure her daughter will now suffer even more from kids because of her Mothers stupidity. I really feel for the daughter in all of this.

@ Kathy... agreed!!!
Some of the other comments here are questionable. It seems as if some of these postings are from teachers who are trying to get administrative positions by posting ignorant comments that are not verifiable.

OBAMA SENT THEM,TRAILER PARK TRASH.

OMG, just read all of this crazy posts about this issue. WOW, the Mother was wrong, period. Obviously she did not take the straight path to get the matter with her daughter rectified. Nasty people here calling her names, or inferring that a single Mom (who even knows if she is) cannot raise respectful children. I was not aware that soooo many people posting here live in glass houses and are perfect! Attacking the principal of the school are you now looking for a scape goat. Where has common sense gone. Society is hard enought for adults, picture your daughter having transportation issues. SCHOOL BUS transportation is a NIGHTMARE. I drove my children to school just to avoid the bus bs. People really need to think before making snide and nasty comments, wonder where kids get if from, look at yourself first.

It's about choices people. We make choices which dictate how we live out our lives.

What I want to know is who was this horse's ass of a bus driver who let this low life mother & grandmother team on the bus??? He/she should be hauled off to jail along with the offenders, for opening the bus door, leaving the kids susceptible!