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An average 4 year old weighs about 40 pounds and is about 40 inches tall.
Adrian Peterson's stats: 6' 1", 217 lbs
Just because the child is "yours", does not mean you can abuse-at-will.
Size matters..
I know at 29, he is not a fully mature person, having been coddled and bravo-ed for most of his life, but he is a danger to his children because he obviously cannot control his temper.
4 year olds can be annoying, and tempestuous beings, but those things are no reason to hit them.
I was abused as a child, and was determined to break the cycle.. There were times I might have really wanted to hit them, but I also remembered how I felt as a kid..
