Textbook case of discipline viewed with praise, criticism (handcuffed 5 year old)

St. Petersburg Times ^ | April 23, 2004 | THOMAS C. TOBIN

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bad behavior results

Do you think it is ever appropriate for police to handcuff a small child?

Yes. 4209 votes - 68%

No. 1976 votes - 32%

Total: 6185 votes

http://www.sptimes.com/

[MetalHeadConservative35]

already posted,but who gives a crap,lol

anyways nice to see zero tolerence is low enough to handcuff little kids,

makes me sick.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A child psychologist appearing on John Gibson's "Big Story" (interviewed by Judge Napolitano) said it was racism.

[Larry Lucido]

Florida law still allows corporal punishment but leaves the decision to school districts. Many districts abandoned the practice years ago because of liability concerns

Fine. Get the parents to sign a release. If they won't sign one, they can come pick up their out-of-control brats themselves.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I didn't see this story posted.

[Kozak]

Much better if they had just paddled her.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...Many districts abandoned the practice years ago because of liability concerns

Lawyers gone crazy... and the judges who aid them.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

She certainly needs one.

After being placed in the back of a police cruiser, the girl was released to her mother.

[tx_eggman]

Fine. Get the parents to sign a release. If they won't sign one, they can come pick up their out-of-control brats themselves

A good swift swat on the butt, administered whenever this 5 year old decided to act out, would put an end to the kid's tyranny in very short order.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1389584/posts posted there

[Carolinamom]

Until now I had thought the schools had a locus parentis function. (spelling of the term?) While all this "going by the book" loving as "discipline" is going on, what about the other children who have legitimate expectations of the teacher teaching THEM such mundane subjects a reading, writing, and arithmetic/math?

[endthematrix]

Zero tolerance? (Video) The kid was disruptive and unignorable.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for the LINK.

I posted this story because it discusses more.

[DB]

The parents should be parents and heat her bottom up.

If the school can't handle the child expel her until the parents get a clue.

[Larry Lucido]

Exactly! (Or, egg-zactly!)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***.....two school staffers were forced to focus exclusively on the girl during dismissal, one of the busiest and most stressful times of the day; the girl's behavior had prompted the school to call city police a few days earlier, and the mother had complained. ....***

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thanks for the video LINK!

[gulfcoast6]

This kid was completely out of control, they cuffed her for her own safety. The way she was acting they should have cuffed her momma.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I think the mother should be fined for the cost of repeating all the education that was sidetracked while they dealt with her undisciplined child.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

fine yes the kid was outta control,but handcuffs is too far..might as well take her to death row for being a brat jeez,

that teacher did all she could without having child abuse charges,

used to be when a kid did this you'd just send em home for a day,week,or whatever.but now were using handcuffs,yea good use of police manpower,