No punishment harsh enough

Toilet training is hard, there's no argument about that. We are introducing Sophia to the potty and she thinks the whole purpose of the toilet is to say bye-bye to the water as it flushes. She'll sit on it for a bit, get up and says, "Bye-bye pee-pee," with no actual pee-pee in the potty.

It's frustration, yes, but she's only 1 so I'm just glad she's sitting on the potty. So, I was shocked after reading a recent Associated Press article about an 18-year-old man who was sentenced to life in prison for killing girlfriend's 1-year-old over toilet training frustration.

According to the article, "A judge has sentenced a teenager to life in prison for killing an 1-year-old boy by repeatedly swinging him against a wall because he was frustrated with the child's toilet training." Authorities said the man, the mother's boyfriend, repeatedly slammed the boy against the wall when he became frustrated while trying to toilet train him. The impact left drywall stuck to the boy's head and cracked a wooden door.

I am completely speechless. Violence against the innocent is inexcusable. As far as I'm concerned there isn't a harsh enough punishment for this man.