I heard about that 5 year old that was put in cuffs in FL. At first I was shocked, and the more I thought about it, the articles that I read, the video I saw really made me think. Here is one link, I cannot find the other one that I had. Here is another one... this one is better than the other one. Here is a little girl being a terror, the mother was called and said she would BE THERE IN AN HOUR. THAT right there shows a HUGE issue, NO BITCH, you DROP everything you are doing and you go get your kid that is tearing up school property, HITTING adults, and you do it NOW!!!! NOT one hour from now for the school to take care of! *deep breathe* So what choice does the school have but to call the police to help with the issue? Here you have a child putting herself at risk and putting other students at risk and the staff at risk. So what that she is 5??? If one of my children did that they would have an ass beating to remember. So the cops get there and do their JOB. PERIOD. They are there to PROTECT and have the right to protect the other children and the staff from a child that is obviously troubled. Yes, I think it was harsh, and will be a therapy session, but seems that she is going to have enough therapy sessions to deal with.
I was watching that lawyer she hired and have another comment... he said that the child and the teacher have a PERSONALITY CONFLICT. OK, that is just ridiculous!!! The little girl is 5 freakin years old. I do not care if you do not like her, you are 5 years old and RESPECT adults END OF STORY!!!! You respect them, you do as you are told, you are POLITE and you get the hell over it. If I EVER hear my children disrespect an adult they are in a lot of freakin trouble!!! I do not allow them to disrespect me or any other adult. And I do not care what their excuse is. The child was completely out of control and she needed the reality check.
I also had to think and apply the situation to my own children... I would be PISSED if anyone handcuffed my child. BUT, I am thinking they would deserve it if they lashed out and acted the way that child did. They cuffed her and took her to her mother. Now tell me WHY did they have to take this child to her mother??? Why did she not go get her when she was needed??? To me this is also a parent issue. The parent has no regard to her child or how her child acts. That is just wrong. I would have dropped whatever it was and went to my child. Obviously this child has issues, obviously this child needs HELP. Now she needs a little more. But that would be the parents fault for not going to her like she should have. I am sure the whole police issue would NOT have been an issue had the parent actually taken care of her child and responsibilty.
I know that a lot of people do not agree to the child being handcuffed and I do admit that it is harsh, but I also understand that the school and the police had the right to protect all the other people around. You are damned if you do, damned if you dont. I am sure either way the parent would have hired a lawyer for some reason or another. The teacher did the right thing. Did not touch the child other than to get her off a table which put the child at risk. Teachers have the worst job in the world. I truly believe that. They have to fear for their lives, their jobs, from being sued and all the other crap that parents put them through.
On a side note... Jen, you know I love you, and you know I understand your point on this too, we do not agree on this issue and that is ok :o) I understand your point on this issue. But the more I thought on the issue the more it upset and the more helpless I see teachers becoming, the more helpless the school system and the men and women that protect us are becoming. The police are there to serve and protect and if they are not allowed to do their job where does that leave us as a society? They had a job to protect that child from herself, from all the people around her that she was hurting and could have potentionally hurt. I think they did the right thing and I pray that the cops that did their job, that put their lives at risk to protect are not reprimanded on doing what they had to do.