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TVFactFan · 04-26-2005, 06:11 PM

What the hell is wrong these officers? There were two incidents, one in Florida and Tennessee. I can't blame these parents for FLIPPING OUT

Cactus Jack · 04-26-2005, 06:27 PM

What was the other? I remember the one where the 5 year old had a tantrum

TVFactFan · 04-26-2005, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Burgundy

What was the other? I remember the one where the 5 year old had a tantrum

7 year old boy in Tennessee. Plus it was another incident like this in Philadelphia when cops put on 8 year old girl.

James"Thunder"Early · 04-26-2005, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TVShow Analyzer

What the hell is wrong these officers? There were two incidents, one in Florida and Tennessee. I can't blame these parents for FLIPPING OUT

I agree with you Solomon. It's not right for the police to handcuff children and they're time be spent better catching criminals. the police have no business trying to discipline children, that is the parents job.

GARFIELDKOOL · 04-26-2005, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TVShow Analyzer

What the hell is wrong these officers? There were two incidents, one in Florida and Tennessee. I can't blame these parents for FLIPPING OUT

I agree with you. I saw one of the incidents on the Today show yesterday morning. A 5 year-old no matter how bad she is shouldn't be hand cuffed. The world is too soft nowadays. How the hell did the Police get involve? What did the girl do? The Florida incident had the 5-year old black girl. Do you think if she was white they would have hand cuffed her?

Cactus Jack · 04-26-2005, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TVShow Analyzer

7 year old boy in Tennessee. Plus it was another incident like this in Philadelphia when cops put on 8 year old girl.

Ah

James"Thunder"Early · 04-26-2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

I agree with you. I saw one of the incidents on the Today show yesterday morning. A 5 year-old no matter how bad she is shouldn't be hand cuffed. The world is too soft nowadays. How the hell did the Police get involve? What did the girl do? The Florida incident had the 5-year old black girl. Do you think if she was white they would have hand cuffed her?

I don't like to pull the race card, but I don't think she would have been cuffed if she was white. I've seen kids carry on worse than that and the teacher can handle. they had called the girl's mother, but she couldn't get away from work right away, so they called the cops.

Hollow · 04-26-2005, 06:47 PM

unless the child is life-threatening and needs restraining, handcuffing a child as a punishment for typical misbehavior is beyond the point of ridiculous. EVERY CHILD THROWS TANTRUMS. they aren't mature enough to handle their anger.. well, maturely. it just indicates that the teachers don't know how to properly discipline children and resort to the police (over the parents) to do it for them.

Janice · 04-26-2005, 08:03 PM

I watched a piece on this story last night on Keith Olberman's show. Evidently, the child's mother had a written directive for the school to never lay a hand on her child, under any circumstances. She had a bad history with the school as her child pulled frequent tantrums. The school was not allowed to restrain her.

They showed a longer version of the video of the child going ballistic. One of the guests on this show was a Superintendent of Schools (forget where), and he pointed out that parents are quick to sue these days. You can see that the teacher is reluctant to touch the girl, even when the girl is taking swings at her. At one point, she's atop a table with both sneakers untied and going wild.

If she had fallen off the table, there's a lawsuit for sure. This was more than your child's average tantrum. This kid was completely out of control. With orders not to touch the child, what were they supposed to do? They called the mother and she couldn't get to the school. So they called the police. She was a danger to herself.

What were the police supposed to do? Break her arms trying to restrain her? There's a lot of power in a person who's in a rage, even a five year old.

Like the Superintendent said on the show, "You can't win".

This had nothing to do with race. That's BS if I ever heard it.

Chocoholic · 04-26-2005, 08:46 PM

That 5 year-old was totally out of control, although I think it should have been the PARENTS' job to punish her, not the police. Too many parents these days let their kids away with everything and don't teach them right from wrong. Then, they wonder why their "precious little darlings" are getting into trouble.

Seinatra · 04-26-2005, 09:00 PM

They should taser all these little brats. What kind of 5 year old kid tries to hit their teacher?

theshark8777 · 04-26-2005, 09:15 PM

Maybe we should be looking at the parents of these kids.

MissZero · 04-26-2005, 09:18 PM

yeah your right we should just let kids roam freely and do what they want. It's wrong to teach kids lessons because they may be traumatized.

TripperFan · 04-26-2005, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

I watched a piece on this story last night on Keith Olberman's show. Evidently, the child's mother had a written directive for the school to never lay a hand on her child, under any circumstances. She had a bad history with the school as her child pulled frequent tantrums. The school was not allowed to restrain her.

They showed a longer version of the video of the child going ballistic. One of the guests on this show was a Superintendent of Schools (forget where), and he pointed out that parents are quick to sue these days. You can see that the teacher is reluctant to touch the girl, even when the girl is taking swings at her. At one point, she's atop a table with both sneakers untied and going wild.

If she had fallen off the table, there's a lawsuit for sure. This was more than your child's average tantrum. This kid was completely out of control. With orders not to touch the child, what were they supposed to do? They called the mother and she couldn't get to the school. So they called the police. She was a danger to herself.

What were the police supposed to do? Break her arms trying to restrain her? There's a lot of power in a person who's in a rage, even a five year old.

Like the Superintendent said on the show, "You can't win".

This had nothing to do with race. That's BS if I ever heard it.

I saw the longer clip too and felt they HAD to do something or she would have hurt herself - or a teacher or the vice-principal, but more herself and as you say, there would have been a HUGE lawsuit. I feel it does seem extreme that cops had to be called in for restraint, but they weren't allowed to lay hands on her and they had tried everything else to calm her down. The only alternative would be to have permanent security guards posted at ALL schools - now how costly would that be? It had nothing to do with her race in this case.
And as Dr. Phillips says, the discipline IS the parents' responsibility - but there lies the problem - they obviously aren't parenting properly, and these days, all it takes is to watch a few episodes of Nanny 911 or Super Nanny, maybe a bit of Dr. Phil and good old fashioned COMMON SENSE to learn some good parenting. The problems start at home.

Hollow · 04-26-2005, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Seinatra

They should taser all these little brats. What kind of 5 year old kid tries to hit their teacher?

They're not brats. it's very typical behavior of children that age when they can't have their way. they're just not mature enough yet to acknowledge and appreciate the good things they have or deal with anger in a more civilized manner.

04-26-2005, 06:11 PM	#1
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04-26-2005, 09:18 PM	#13
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04-26-2005, 06:47 PM	#8
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	unless the child is life-threatening and needs restraining, handcuffing a child as a punishment for typical misbehavior is beyond the point of ridiculous. EVERY CHILD THROWS TANTRUMS. they aren't mature enough to handle their anger.. well, maturely. it just indicates that the teachers don't know how to properly discipline children and resort to the police (over the parents) to do it for them.

04-26-2005, 08:03 PM	#9
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I watched a piece on this story last night on Keith Olberman's show. Evidently, the child's mother had a written directive for the school to never lay a hand on her child, under any circumstances. She had a bad history with the school as her child pulled frequent tantrums. The school was not allowed to restrain her. They showed a longer version of the video of the child going ballistic. One of the guests on this show was a Superintendent of Schools (forget where), and he pointed out that parents are quick to sue these days. You can see that the teacher is reluctant to touch the girl, even when the girl is taking swings at her. At one point, she's atop a table with both sneakers untied and going wild. If she had fallen off the table, there's a lawsuit for sure. This was more than your child's average tantrum. This kid was completely out of control. With orders not to touch the child, what were they supposed to do? They called the mother and she couldn't get to the school. So they called the police. She was a danger to herself. What were the police supposed to do? Break her arms trying to restrain her? There's a lot of power in a person who's in a rage, even a five year old. Like the Superintendent said on the show, "You can't win". This had nothing to do with race. That's BS if I ever heard it.

04-26-2005, 08:46 PM	#10
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	That 5 year-old was totally out of control, although I think it should have been the PARENTS' job to punish her, not the police. Too many parents these days let their kids away with everything and don't teach them right from wrong. Then, they wonder why their "precious little darlings" are getting into trouble.

04-26-2005, 09:00 PM	#11
Seinatra Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 29, 2004 Location: Gran Chaco Posts: 1,840	They should taser all these little brats. What kind of 5 year old kid tries to hit their teacher?