In Lannie's Defense, at 1 and 2, the Kids Were Probably Too Young for a Time Out

A Bozeman man was accused Thursday of biting two children in his care several times after they refused to fall asleep.

Officers arrested Lannie Lloyd Hendrickson, 24, Wednesday night at an apartment on North Grand Avenue. Earlier, police spoke to the victims' mother who had found bruises and bite marks on the children's shoulders, arms and legs.

In fact, when asked by police how many times he bit the children, he couldn't say for sure, adding that he 'bit the s--t out of them,' according to court records."

Once, I asked a friend whose children had grown to be upstanding individuals what his secret for childrearing was. He looked at me as if I'd asked him something totally obvious to anyone with a functioning brain, and then, he replied, "Even the simplest organism understands pain."

What I'm saying is this: Let's not judge this guy too harshly.