This is absolutely ridiculous! I went to meetings from the time I was 6 till about 10 years ago, which is roughly 22 years. I never saw anything like what was described here. Babies were not beaten. We had soundproof rooms at the back of the hall in which nursing moms could see what was going on and also hear what was going on. If babies were fussy the parents usually either walked them back to the hall and walked back and forth to soothe them and if they were just being crabby, then they took them to the nursing room. People in the front could see into this room. No one beat their kids into sinks.
My sister went crazy on her 3 year old daughter at a book study and the people there intervened. The sister next to her grabbed her arm when she started smacking her legs and looked her directly in the eye and said "Jennifer, do you really wish to do this?" My sister was stressed about other things and her daughter was kicking the back of the chair of the person in front of her on purpose to bother them because she didn't get an icecream at McDonalds for dinner. That daughter is now 16.
Most of the parents I know did what I did. I gave my kids their watchtower and they did different things with them. When they were real small, they colored the pictures. Then as they got older, they would circle all the A's or E's a different letter each time, When they got bored with that, then we did pictures again. Later as they were learning to read, we circled all the the's or and's we circled a different word, they were quiet, they were with me and others around me could hear. We brought small blankets when they were young and they even brought their bear. They took a nap and were quiet. There were days when I would start to nod off. No one beat me either. I would just get up and get a drink of water, and come back in.
We learned that those of us with kids would sit towards the back and that way be closer to the back to get away of someone fussed. I did take my kids to the bathroom. 99% of the time I bent down and got to their eye level and told them they needed to stop kicking their sister and I was done telling them.
I believe that half the posts here are from people claiming to be witnesses once and part of the rest are fully exaggerated. I was never baptised, I came back and forth in the truth in my life. It did teach me to respect others and I am truly a good person, just don't go to meetings. We do christmas and birthdays. I will admit that I am one of the weakest christmas spirit people we have because it is still so foreign to me..