[honeygrl]

"Don't you think a truely disturbed 5 year old couldn't come up with something worse than what's being described? Little boys sometimes like to fight ---it's not exactly unusual behavior ---never was. I know teachers expect all children to sit quietly at their desks with their hands folded and paying close attention ---but at 5 years old, many kids aren't ready to do that for hours on end. "

But that much violence and intentionally mean behavior from a 5yr old is a bad bad sign of real problems.

[FITZ]

But that much violence and intentionally mean behavior from a 5yr old is a bad bad sign of real problems.

Of course we don't know all the facts ---just the teacher's description of his behavior ---he used terms like "kiss my butt" and "you ugly faggot" which he had to learn from somewhere ---maybe home. My kids learned plenty of bad words in two languages by that age --and they'll try most of the words at least once. I think in this case the teacher wanted a long medical leave ---it would be interesting to know how other adults view this child before deciding --- the kid probably knew he had control and was just taking advantage --- he doesn't sound like the sweetest 5 year old you'd care to meet but pushing and shoving and punching at that age isn't that unusual. A coworker's son recently got in trouble ---in the 6th grade for giving a girl a "wedgie" which the teachers called sexual abuse --- but they have a co-ed playground instead of doing the smart thing and segregating the kids ---because in the past that was considered the sensible thing because boys play rough.