Mum Arrested For Slapping Wrong Child At School...Charged With Assault & Battery

Tyshekka Collier

US mum Tyshekka Collier, 36, was arrested and charged with assault and battery and disturbing school for slapping a child that she mistook for her own.

Authorities in Spartanburg, SC say that Collier's son was in the midst of being suspended from Fairforest Middle School earlier in the week when Collier arrived to pick him up.

When Collier arrived, she slapped the first boy she saw with his head down in the face. Unfortunately, that boy was not her son.

According to principal Ty Dawkins, the victim was also waiting to be picked up by his mother.

Collier apologized, and then proceeded to pounce on her own son, creating a horrific spectacle and understandably scaring most of the staff.

Spartanburg County Sheriff's Lt. Tony Ivey offered some parenting advice, as well as advice to keep you out of handcuffs.

"I'd try to control your emotions a little bit when it comes to children and especially in public atmospheres here. Sometimes it's better to count to 10 or go off and cool off for a little bit, then go back with a level head before you start to discipline your children."

Collier's three children have been placed in protective custody for the time being.