5-year-old boy handcuffed in school, taken to hospital for misbehaving

New York Daily News ^ | January 25th 2008 | CARRIE MELAGO

[Turret Gunner A20]

Seems to me there are methods of handling a five year old kindergartener short of handcuffs and the padded wagon.

Like what?

[tioga]

Do you mean teachers have master degrees and cannot handle a temper tantrum? They claim to be experts, are they or aren’t they? I suspect a different school with more one on one is needed here, a school able to deal with behavioral problems......does not the NYC public schools have that available?

[Lijahsbubbe]

BOO HOO HOO! *barf*

Are you in his class?

[Lijahsbubbe]

You cn bet on it -- they'd toss his little butt out and tell his parents to go somewhere else.

Wrong. Our family pulled a child out of a private school because they refused to do anything about the class bully.

[Gondring]

Solution: Get rid of the government schools. We need a completely private system of K-12 education.

Right in the center of the target! NICE SHOT!

[Gondring]

Release him to his parent.

If you feel there is an issue that would require a medical or psych evaluation, then follow the proper legal procedures to do so against the parent’s wishes.

[panthermom]

My brother was the most stubborn mischevious kid when he was in school. I’ll never forget him giving Mr. Scott a roundhouse kick in the butt and him driving one teacher so crazy that he had to be put into another class. He had done something in class and had to write a letter of apology, and then put a P.S. at the end that said, I still hate you.

Needless to say he grew up went to college, became a detective, was in a Special Forces unit when we into Afghanistan and is now in Bagdad.

BTW, I have 3 boys and would probably be totally grey if not for Miss Clairol.

[LucyJo]

BTTT

[AmericaUnited]

You are a gem... What is wrong with most people today that they don't realize that some of the future LEADERS of tomorrow at 5 years old show some of these traits..? Good God, enough of these docile, Prozac zombie kids.

Now before I get a bazillion replies... NO I don't think that this kid might be one of the aforementioned, BUT... some young "scrappy" leaders of tomorrow are a bit feisty. You kick their butts and let them know that thier behavior is not acceptable but don't break their spirit or label them as CRIMINALS!

[rmh47]

The folks at this school may well have screwed the pooch. Or not: as is apparently ALWAYS the case with stories like this, the real facts are probably not being reported.

Ah! Finally, a voice of reason. I fear you may not be welcome on this thread.

[Surtur]

Some private schools require psychological evaluations even before admitting students, so they don’t have to deal with after-the-fact situations like the public school systems are forced to. The public schools have to accept anyone/everyone until such time as a student is declared dangerous by a professional after an evaluation which in many cases only occurs after other students have been endangered or injured.

[panthermom]

My oldest was/is hard headed and argumentative. When he was younger I would sometimes just look and listen to him and think, his attitude would be great on a grown man but a kid, nooooo. I raised him to keep the spirit but tone it down and be respectful.

I love having boys, with all of the broken bones, near heart attacks, the wrestling,the broken windows, the crazy inventions, and the “what were you thinking!” times. They are not bullies but they don’t back down either. They are definately scrappy. School has been an adventure too.

[webstersII]

ditto

[stentorian conservative]

That’s the problem - the school can’t make her but she can make them. Apparently short of murder (or drawing a picture of a firearm) you can’t expell a student these days.

Things must really be grand down in Maryland. The expulsion rate here in upstate NY is off the charts! These “safety officers” (ours is a Sheriff’s Deputy) think they are God’s gift to crime prevention, with heads so swollen that I’m surprised they can walk straight. I mean, with a 100% conviction rate, why wouldn’t they have big heads.

And don’t even get me started on the parents NOT disciplining their kids. That may have been the case 20 years ago (when corporal punishment still existed) but today most parents are terrified to discipline their kids. These school employees are trained abuse watchdogs and they do their job well. Too well in fact. My Son called me today from the office because he got lippy with a teacher. He had detention. I told him that what the school was giving him would be pleasant compared to what as waiting for him at home (company grade article 15 style punishment.) The secretary heard what I said and my son spent the next THREE HOURS waiting to see various and sundry school personnel to make sure he wasn’t abused. Personally, I think my Son’s German teacher should have taken him out to the hall and paddled his behind with every class listening, glad it wasn’t them and feeling a pang of anguish for the one punished.