I kind of doubt highly you’d think it was okay if you’re 6 year old was arrested and punt into a holding cell.
Well, if my 6 year old was tearing things off walls and attempting to hurt other people, yes I would want my child restrained.
According to the article, the police officer attempted to reason with the child. If the child continued to be wildly destructive and throw things, what else could the cop do? Put her into a bear hug? Is that so much more humane than cuffs?
Oh, and one more thing. If it were my child, I would not be angry at the cop. I would be embarrassed at my failure as a parent.
I would not think it OK for my child to behave that way. It wouldn’t happen, because she would learn some respect, restraint and responsibility long before she went to school.
And yes, if my child were behaving so out of control, I might well call the police myself to try to instill some sense of appropriate behavior in her young mind.
But - parents who raise children who behave like that are always up in arms when someone else has to deal with what they’ve produced.
Am I for handcuffing and arresting 6 year olds? No, but this child was out of control and the school system, who has to worry about liability and lawsuits, has its hands tied in dealing with her. Given the circumstances what do you suggest they do? Remember teachers and administrators are not allowed to touch her so they can not restrain her.
BTW...my 6 year olds would never have behaved like this so it would not have been a question of what I would do if they had.
If a daughter acted out like that, I wouldn't have a problem with the police restraining her and putting her some place where she was not a danger to herself or anyone. Consider it a very scary "time out", hopefully one she would never forget.
And I'd be damned embarrassed to be the parent of such a child and wonder what I needed to change to prevent such a situation from occurring again rather than complaining about the police.
Oh please get over yourself. You do not know the history of this youngster. She may be more destructive than anything you can imagine. Teachers and administrators are not allowed to put hands onto to a child so they can cause lots of destruction.
This kid probably is a trouble maker at home, at school, and everywhere she goes. Throwing a tantrum of that magnitude is indicative of other underlying problems (think FAS or even a crack baby).
The article does not address it but where were this girl’s parents??? When my folks got a call ( and you bet they did with five children) they were johnny on the spot and took care of it themselves. They did not need the police to intervene
If you want to keep your child out of handcuffs and jails then raise them in a manner where their actions won’t produce that result