Posted on 01/07/2006 4:43:32 AM PST by dsc
When I was in school, if someone behaved the way this boy is said to have behaved, the bus driver would have pulled the bus over and man-handled the brat in question himself, if necessary. Then, he would have told the parents about the incident and the kid would have gotten his butt wore out when he got home. This is likely the same kid who screws up in school, gets in trouble, then goes home and complains about the teacher and whose mom then immediately goes to the school and jumps on the teacher instead of backing the teacher up and telling her kid to get a grip.
Kids are not that fragile. But a very high percentage of them these days are out of control because no one dares control them; least of all, their parents.
If this incident had occurred in a more rational time, the woman would probably have felt very foolish and gone immediately to the boy and his parents and apologized and that would've been the end of it. Now, she will lose her foster care licensing, face criminal charges and likely be sued for "emotional distress and long-term psychological damage" to the ill-mannered kid who has learned that bad behavior can be very rewarding.
Ditto here. We only wish we had earlier.
We had a similar problem with an unruly boy who thought girls were punching bags.
Finally after my daughter came home overly battered and bruised, I went to the principal to discuss it.
Nothing got through to him in our heated discussion.
Finally I came up with his weak point.
I told him if he didn't do his job and solve the problem, I would sue him. Not the school district or the school board, but HIM.
I informed him I didn't need a lawyer and knew how to file a lawsuit and how to attach property and income.
That I would probably lose.
But that during the suit, which would drag out for years, I would control his property and every penny he earned.
Amazing.
Next day the kid apologized and behaved from then on.
Obviously this is the fault of busing! let's end it and go back to neighborhood schools. Think of the petrol we'd save.
I totally agree. And when I rode the bus to school our bus drive would have taken control of the situtation right then and there. Might have even thrown the kid off the bus. Nowadays they sued.
I didn't. The impression I got, by the wording, was that that was what the author wanted the reader to deduce.
"I know I am in the minority, but I empathize with the woman. I don't think she should be charged with anything. When no one else would do anything, she took action."
I always say "There are two sides to every story".
Will be interesting to see in 10 or so years down the line who is paying for this boys "3 squares and a bed", so to speak.
Yes, they implied that she put her hands around the kid's neck. You saw the video? I bet it's all whupped up.
Yeah the Klan will defend you. Sure they will. Maybe you should just hide until they come.
hahah, great story. The principals can be such wimps.
Oh, dear, you haven't been hanging out with the wrong kind of people. Real lowlifes say, "three hots and a cot."
That aside, I'd bet on your prediction.
And that's the way things are done in a healthy society.
Don't tell me things weren't better in the fifties. I was there.
I have a twin son...now 18...who has spastic dyplesia and was very small for his age when he entered high school.
He was mocked and teased and manhandled by some of the more popular jocks...one of which picked my son up and placed upon the coke machine.
After not getting any satisfaction from the staff at the school, I promptly waited until school was out and after our little exchange, and a bandage for his mouth, the issue was settled for the remaining years at his high school.
Thta's it exactly. This is how it should be, harsh nope. If it were my 6 year old he would be apologizing to that lady and clearing her driveway this cold January morning. (yes I saw the video)
When I was a kid this situation would have been laughed at by both my parents (you deserved it boy and you said what / did what to a lady) and my School.
Geez.
Count me in with your minority. Kids cannot be disciplined any longer and we are creating a generation of out of control little brats.
I went through some of this nonsense with an ex and her brats. Even was threatened by CPS for listening to music I favor over what her little darlings did.
Saddest of all, if you don't take a hand and stop the taunting or behavior of a kid, then you are charged with taking no action and allowing another to possibly be hurt.
I used to love children and being around them. No longer, save for my own grandchildren. It's lose lose for people working with children today.
I agree. She put the kid in the seat and told him to stay there when nobody else did anything. Well, the kid's parents are probably drooling over a civil suit. He's just become a big fat payday, but his 'rights' to bully and harass others were violated. He now has nightmares about mean white women yelling at him. Forget the fact that the other kids on the bus were terrified of him and undoubtedly remain so. Only now it's worse. He has a 'do whatever you want' card now. Where is common sense? Nowhere in the happy world of PC'ism.
Sometimes bullies need their butts kicked, and nothing else will do.
The woman is a foster parent and has probably received instruction on how to control unruly behavior without hurting a child. (My son is also a foster parent.) What they try to do is wrap the child in a bearhug until he calms down. From the look of the video, there wasn't much room in that bus aisle, but perhaps she put her arm around the boy's neck in the start of a bearhug, then changed her mind and simply sat him down in the seat. The video wasn't that clear since they'd blobbed out all the kids' faces.
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