i have absolutely no problem with putting folks in public stocks, think about it for something like this
A. she wont do it again
B. some others will think twice b4 they do it too

i have no problem with the scarlet A approach, tar and feather how ever tempting it sounds might be a bit drastic, something must be done what she did can damage that child for life, she scarred that child, she should pay some form of punishment, debs youngest is higher functioning autism and its a pain sometimes, we agree on that but to lash out or humilate him makes him crawl deep inside and it takes forever for him to come out, we had a few things happen at school with him and other kids and ONE (i use this word loosely) teacher