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Your reaction to all this is similar to mine. I was surprised how many people thought the school and police acted properly in this case. I was also suprised to see how many people thought the actions of this tantrum throwing 6 year old were evidence of some deep societal or personal problem. I simply do not believe the average 6 year old has enough strength to do all that much damage, no matter how upset they get. This was an overreaction by the adults, in my humble opinion.

Educators everywhere are anxiously awaiting your solutions. I would start a consulting business and start training schools on appropriate responses to violent children.

Remember as you are drawing up your power point, the parents will not come to the school (despite being phoned on all 23 contact numbers). You cannot touch, hold, restrain or otherwise physically intervene unless they are hurting themselves or others. And remember that a percentage of the school population is basically feral. We will watch for your company launch. You're gonna be rich.

Piece of cake.

You cannot touch, hold, restrain or otherwise physically intervene unless they are hurting themselves or others.

You give them every opportunity to do so including causing ear damage, psychological trauma and other fake disorders.

The school videos the whacking urchin, calls the private contracted rubber truck, which contains the feral brat until the parents arrive.

They are then presented with a large bill, and the kid is kicked out.

Thousands of dollars of psychiatric care is advised and the parents are harassed for years by "child protective services"

How's that?

"How would you have handled the situation, other than by calling the police, knowing that you are not allowed to impart physical discipline?"

"You cannot touch, hold, restrain or otherwise physically intervene unless they are hurting themselves or others"

I don't know... the kid looks pretty puny to me. Make her stand in the corner maybe.