Posted on 01/25/2008 5:28:47 AM PST by fweingart
Because of the indifferent mother, someday this boy will mature in a prison and be forever a millstone around the taxpayers' necks.
Maybe they should have hauled the parents in also; cuffed of course. There’s far too much dysfunction & parents lacking proper parenting skills in America; hold them accountable for the abuse situation.
Today, they expect the schools to provide the parenting role; what’s wrong with this picture?
You're making it out as if the kid kicked out the entire panel. Most likely the kid threw something at the glass and it got a crack in it. Not a sign of superman strength.
I remember the look from my father. That’s pretty much all it took.
I suppose the nanny state doesn’t agree with parents handling their kids.
Ack. That's nasty. It's too bad you would refer to a child that way.
Yeah, cuz physiology-based problems are the parents' fault.
However, when an out-of-control little package goes on an anger rampage, what is an authority figure supposed to do?
As I stated above: you had to be there.
No corporal punishment is allowed anymore.
That would be “cruel.”
Legalistic rules apply when students misbehave.
You ask them “politely” to behave and they refuse.
And so law enforcement becomes the only option.
A police state.
Wait until this child becomes a teenager.
DEFINITELY! We need the GOVERNMENT to step in and teach people how to behave! The State is so wonderful in parenting skills...especially as we build it more into a Nanny.
We’ve admitted OOC ADD kids to the crisis unit. Erm, they’re a very very very special kind of out of control kid-— think Loony Toons Tasmanian Devil and hitting them just doesn’t work. You basically are fwamming away on a kid who barely notices you’re there and really doesn’t get cause and effect....because the cause is long past by the time the effect takes place.
I’ve seen them not even stop to eat.
I’m not saying a father wouldn’t be a good thing. What works best is a lot of one on one attention, structure and consistency. (And yes, sometimes meds if nothing else works).
Also, kids are growing bigger. I’ve seen a 90#, 4 year old. Granted, I usually see the kids off the charts in either direction. So his age could be right.
Release the child to its parent.
Is that such a difficult concept?
Even at five. They not only hit teachers, but they will also attack other students. They also usually disrupt the entire class with their tantrums. They can throw things off the teachers desk, destroy materials, hit people, throw chairs - and God help the teacher that reacts “inappropriately” - sometimes just by touching the student. The entire class, with their parents, can end up in a war against a young child. I’ve see it.
Often the child is autistic or something. And the school HAS to provide services. That means money, money, money that the parents feel entitled to. And while the school gets more cash per disabled child, a really rambunctious child drains school resources. So they really don’t want him there.
Can you imagine this child when he is 10? 13? The school really doesn’t want to deal with it. Their objective probably is to get the parents to place their child in another school. And they’ve accomplished that, haven’t they?
Kind of ironic that the elimination of corporal punishment has led us down the road of these even more barbaric treatments.
That has nothing to do with your reference to him at age five.
“He is saddled with a mother who probably has no idea where the father is, but he does appear to bear the father’s surname.’
Nice assumption your making, essentially calling this woman a slut although you have no knowledge of her or the circumstances. It takes two to make a baby, and the man who sleeps with a woman without consideration for the possible results is just as bad as she is. For all you know the father was killed in Iraq defending his country.
And while we’re throwing bad parenting stones at the current generation lets not forget their parents. The baby boomers who have given us a huge mess everywhere we look.
“Yeah, cuz physiology-based problems are the parents’ fault.”
Yes, some are.
If it is indeed reinforced glass (which is standard in NYC public schools for fire code reasons), it isn't superhuman strength - but he either threw something quite heavy quite hard that could have seriously injured someone, or he deliberately pounded on the glass with a heavy object until it broke.
That ain't normal. And, like I said, that is a suspiciously large 5 year old as described.
BTW - there are a ton of immigrant kids in NYC schools who do not have a birth certificate on file but only a parental affidavit as to their age.
These are often lowballed by the parents to allow kids to have less challenging schoolwork and for baseball purposes.
Oh, I understand that.
They schools want to be parents and make decisions about what children can see, do, attempt, etc without the responsibility of having to discipline them also.
Zero tolerance = Zero thought = zero responsibility.
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