Here are some purrs that the kitten can be re-homed with a new family
that's a more appropriate fit for him.

Poor family (for not knowing what they were getting into when they took in
a kitten) and poor kitten (for landing in a home where he was
misunderstood).

If the family really, REALLY has their heart set on adopting a cat, maybe
they can have a word with their shelter about adopting an older pet that's
more settled down and less rambunctious. Presuming, of course, that its
temperament would be a good match for a house with a two-year-old in it.
Otherwise, my advice is "hold off on bringing pets in until the
two-year-old is a bit older, and THEN seek out an older, settled-down pet
that needs a home.

Donna, and the VERY active Captain and Stanley

There is no service here in the UK that would come out to a kitten that has
scratched someone.
Kittens scratch.  If you get a kitten, get used to it.  They grow out of it.
We all understand this here.

Tweed

Oh dear. Purrs for the little kitty, but I sure do have a lot of sympathy
for the family. IBKFergus continues to attack Cary, but thankfully its only
his hands and feet before I can get tot he squirt gun. I can fully
understand a family with a young child not knowing what they were getting in
for with a kitten - I certainly had forgotten and IBKFergus has come >< this
close to going to the shelter on a number of occasions. Heck, I've given up
the notion that I can eat my breakfast without a kitten nose in the milk at
the same time, or that I'll ever have an uniterrupted night's sleep ever
again (yawn). She can certainly be a handful. At least the family did the
right thing and called someone in to get the kitty rather than dumping her
somewhere.

Yowie

When I read about a cat scratching a two year old, my first
reaction is "what did the child do to the cat, first?"  If
the family knew so little about cats, what do you want to
bet that they left child unsupervised to torment kitty as
he'she saw fit?

Oh dear - I do hope the kiiten is rehomed with a family who understands
cats, not a family that doesn't. What did they expect? A stuffed animal
doing nothing? The mother should be training her child to respect animals. I
didn't find it funny, I found it very sad and an indictment of how some
people fail to understand what they are taking on when they get a pet :-(

Cheers, helen s