Baltimore's Toya Graham made international headlines -- and is now Internet famous and the subject of all kinds of memes -- after snatching up her son, who was filmed on camera throwing rocks during the Baltimore civil unrest, on camera.
And I don't blame her-- or her reaction -- not one damn bit. Who wants their Momma to come and get them? And on these Inna-nets? Especially after she told him not to go there. Graham wasn't playing. She saw him on TV acting a fool and she came for him -- and landed a few slaps upside his head in the process.
Toya said, "Oh, no. Not today!" "Not my baby."
This is old school parenting right here. And I ain't mad at her.
Toya speaks
"He gave me eye contact. And at that point, you know, not even thinking about cameras or anything like that. That's my only son and at the end of the day I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray," Toya Graham said, referring to the 25-year-old man who died after mysterious spinal injuries while in police custody earlier in the month.
Now, I was all set to see child experts drag this mom for what she did. This IS the generation of parental experts who feel as if you should not shame kids, especially on social media. "Oh, no, you should not embarrass your child like that." "What she did was wrong!"
But so far, the ones I've seen have all stood behind her. And they are right. Cause where you show out is where I act out.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And look: I know the disturbance in Baltimore is serious. But this ain't 'bout that. This is about a mom saving her young son. Age gives you so much perspective and wisdom that youth does not.
Toya knew it would be trouble -- that's why she told her son to not go there. Most moms I know ride and die for ours - but it also means that you cut into them when they need cutting into.
And I'd rather snatch mine up on live TV than have them delivered to me in body bags.
If my three had been down there cutting up, guess what? I'd drag their behinds, too.
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