[Sacajaweau]

As bad as Ritalin.

[Daffynition]

If administrators had any backbone, they would call the parent out of work, and make the parent do the paddling.

Win, win & win.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Perhaps it's a delayed maturity thing, but some boys, especially, at 2nd or 3 grade level, are just like babies who can't control their movements and actually upset themselves with involuntary fidgeting.

They might calm themselves easier with weight vests. In a classroom environment, this would enable the kids around them to be more distration-free and keep calmer as well,.

I've seen something like that work. Didn't look oppressive to me.

But I'd have to know more.

The bigger picture is that boys at an early age, I think, should not be doing "desk work" at all, or very little of it. Let the little 'uns recite their addition and multiplication facts while jumping on a bed, or listen to Mom read "The Chronicles of Narnia" while they crawl and climb on a simple, improvised bedroom-constructed obstacle course. That was a genius homeschool tactic for us!

Little boys and desks are just not a good fit.