You're not the boss of me!

That little piggy sure does squeal. I can't imagining listening to that voice and NOT slapping him like a hundred times a day.

Squeaky's becoming a man. He's mommys little wife beater.

5 stars for the restraint shown in the mothers eyes, I bet that little piggy went weee weee weee all the way home.

Perfectly natural, perfectly healthy

That kid needs a foot put up his ass.

Eric Cartman shouldn't slap his mom like that.

Little (relatively) guy is just begging to be starved.

Don't encourage them

Someone needs his ass kicked. His fatness will guarantee this.

THAT IS NOT EVEN *CLOSE* TO OK!!!!!!

I love the dramatic music and the slamming metal FX whenever the kid moves.

Mom is a bully.

Fuck ya'll, talk to the hand.

Jesus. What a little shit.

Wow... I love the wife-beater-in-the-making rationalization.

Five stars for the "bam!" sound effects every time the kid makes an exaggerated movement. Are all Dr. Phil shows like that?

Fucking little snotrocket. I don't think it would be totally unfair to lay some of the blame on the mom too, though. Even foregoing the whole enabling thing, she's probably just as screwed up.

He acts just like his mother

I saw this episode of Tales From The Darkside, in the second half a giant donut steps out of the shadows "HOW DOES IT FEEL" and the kid wets his pants

this drama queen (seriously, I had no idea she was a "boy") will be beaten severely at school after they all find out.

if not already.

Some fairly obvious editing tricks there, but it still comes through pretty clear that the kid is being abused and the mom is a psychotic. They only used two seconds of her interview, that cut right before she starts yelling at the camera.

If you want your child to respect you in any capacity, you don't refer to them as 'dude' during a serious conversation.

I could swear I've seen the same trash mother son combination arguing in public...usually over snack foods.

Creeepy mom. That kid is never going to be normal. That was just too weird.

I was waiting for mom to end with "well, you know what, you're NOT my son...just some bastard in a basket"

It's not a proper bitch slap if you put your arms up to protect yourself immediately afterward.

You could tell by the look on her face that when the kid slapped his mom he would have been annihilated if the cameras weren't rolling. I'm talking one moment a little boy, and the next moment a cloud of blood and a clatter of bones across the floor.

The music!

Did the kid bite "how does that feel?" from Dr. Phil's own "and how does that make you feel?"

She should have countered with an arm drag or a leg sweep. All this kid learned here is how to beat up people with slow reflexes.

oh my god...if i had ever slapped my mother...even in a controlled environment, she would have beat the shit out of me...that kid needs to get his ass kicked...shit like that is where frat boys and spoiled douches come from

Where's dad?

Fun fact: In the town where I grew up, if your parents hit you and you called the cops, the following conversation was almost certain to ensue:
"MY MOM/DAD HIT ME"
"Were you talking back?"
"SHE SAID TO CLEAN MY ROOM AND I SAID FUCK YOU AND SHE HIT ME"
"That's what you get for sassing your mom, kid."
*click*

More of that, less of this.

(followup: this is related by kids I knew, not by me personally. I fucking knew better.)

I think you are all missing the point that "It actually left a mark for like 20 minutes."

This is bumpitty-boo after he finally snaps.

Now: "I did lightly slap her on the cheek to show her how that feels. So I hope that made her think about what she does."

Fifteen years down the road: "Baby, I did it to teach you a lesson about cooking. Don't you ever bring me a fucking burned steak again. I love you. Now let's get the hospital, and remember you 'fell down the back stairs'."

If he or I tried this with my mum she'd kill him. If he or I tried it with my dad...I don't think there'd be a body.

Looks like America's self loathing has come full circle.

So, wait you all think the kid is acting like this out of nowhere and the mom is some innocent victim?

Thanks for reminding me why I hate Dr. Phil.

She deserved that... He is learning to deal with women at an early age...

That kid is basically me from the ages of 5-9. I would guess that his house is filled with garbage and his Mom is a closet lesbian.

They're both sort of dysfunctional. I think that they're made for one another. If she can be so easily dominated by a whining fatbody, she needs to drop him off at that hospital in Nebraska.

like watching a train wreck, or a sports accident

Mother comes off worse than the kid by far. He didn't get that way by MAGIC

"Do you understand me?"

"No! I asked you a question!"