It’s not a matter of not being able to handle a six year old. It’s a matter of being limited in your response due to the risk of being sued or charged with a criminal offense yourself.
“It’s not a matter of not being able to handle a six year old. It’s a matter of being limited in your response due to the risk of being sued or charged with a criminal offense yourself.”
Well you’re not allowed to tee off the kid, but if the kid is acting out you can restrain him. When my son was younger he was restrained on a couple of different occasions. This usually meant pinning his arms to his sides and sitting down while holding him. One of the kids in his class had the teacher lay her body over his, and they would also sometimes restrain a child with a blanket, with each adult taking one side and pinning the kid to the floor with it.
The point is educators are allowed to restrain out of control behavior.
I agree. I ask myself, what if I'm walking down the street minding my own business when I am suddenly attacked by a small child? I certainly cannot respond in kind, never mind the law suits, I don't want to hurt a child. I can try to restrain him but even then I risk hurting him. My other option would be to flee, that's not acceptable either.
That being said, if I was this child's father I believe that I would insist that he be tried as an adult with a jury trial, just to expose how utterly insane it is to charge a little child with a crime.
When I posted this article, I didn't expect the emotional response that it has received. My only thought was that at least everyone would agree that charging a 6 year old with a serious crime is ridiculous.