Last night my (6 foot tall) 14-year-old son was angry with me and he squeezed my arm with all of his might. After he did that, he made a motion that showed me that he wanted to choke me - moving his hands violently near my neck, as if he were ready to do it. He clearly was thinking about choking me. At that point, I slapped him in his face. He was immediately grounded (from the computer and TV) and sent to his room. He had shown earlier that he was very, very close to physical violence with me and my husband. Finally, it has shown its ugly head. I was in shock. In fact, my husband and I were fearful to go to bed. Husband asked me if I thought it was safe to go to bed. I asked him what he meant (thinking he meant that our son might hurt himself.) He said he feared for OUR safety. Either way, it's horrible, horrible I'm not sure who I should call - psychologist, psychiatrist, anger management counselor. I should have phoned the police last night. I was just in shock and disbelief.