What Would You Do?

I came across this story online and I don't know how I might react so I decided to seek for opinions from readers. 

Danielle Whipple, a 24 year old single mother was arrested for beating her child who flushed their rent money $720 down the toilet because she (the mum} refused to watch TV.


The woman's neighbours reported to the police because they heard the child crying and heard the sound of smacking. When police arrived at the scene, they found Whipple' child, whose gender and age was not released, with a black eye, a bleeding nose and a red handprint on the face.

Subsequently she was arrested and now faces a charge of felony child abuse.

Now, I am in no way in support of child abuse, but i want to throw it to Nairalanders: How would you react if your child deliberately flushed N162,000 house rent money down the toilet because you refused to watch a movie with him/her?

Note that $720 is about N162,000 in Nigerian currency.