[xm177e2]

I heard the cop tell him, 'Boy, when you calm down, I'll take these off of you.'

This is the correct way to deal with kids who throw tantrums. This is how principals used to do it all the time, before the social worker types forced them to stop, "for the children."

[SCalGal]

This is the correct way to deal with kids who throw tantrums. This is how principals used to do it all the time, before the social worker types forced them to stop, "for the children."

For most kids, you're right. For the special ed kids, you're dead wrong. They won't stop; the screaming and kicking will just get worse. These kids get caught in a "loop", like a broken record, and they literally can't stop.