Police handcuff 5-yr old girl
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Alright, serious answer.
1. When she was in the office, I would have shut her in there, barred the door, and called her parents.
2. I would have told the parents the options, that we felt calling the police was the only option. I would have asked the parents advice and explained the severity of the situation.
3. I would have done as the parents asked. If that meant locking the child in the office all day until she calmed down, or until the parents could arrive, that would be best.Tough call.
mg33(Apr 24 05, 11:51)
Let me play devils advocate here:
So you would lock a 5 year old child in a room?!? All day?!? Omg I can't believe you would treat a child like that...what if she found a pair of scissors and cut herself and bled to death? You can't leave a 5 year old child alone...especially one who is that visibly upset!
Ok back on a serious note...wtf, so a 5 year old kid had handcuffs put on her...why is that such a big deal? Vormboat thinks that the handcufffs will emotionally scar her for life...when I'm betting this is one of the first times an adult has actually followed through with dicipline in this little girls whole life. Handcuffs are not that big of a deal. You have to be able to look at the other side of this coin. If they hadn't restrained her with handcuffs then the other option to remove her from this room was to physically pick her up and move her which could have caused her much more harm. Lets say that she struggles, falls and hits her head...handcuffing her insured her safety as well as keeping this situation from possibly getting more out of control.
Kids these days are out of fucking control, the police and educators have no ability to correct behavioral issues short of counseling them. Some of these parents...and I don't know if this is the case here...are just waiting for an excuse to sue educators or law enforcement which happen to be two of the most financially weakened branches of our society. The saddest part is that the main reason for the altercations is because they don't take enough interest in their kids to either help them or simply raise them correctly, so they act out. And by tying the hands of educators and law enforcement these kids slowly get it in their head that when they act out and don't recieve punishment then that action becomes ok to them.
My puppy does the same thing...she pissed on a bed once and no one was there to catch it...so she starts thinking that because she didnt get in trouble for it, then it must be ok. So she does it again...this time I'm right there and I scold her for it. She hasn't done it again. These kids need to be told 'Little _____ if you do _____ then ____ is going to happen'. If the kid does it...then that result must follow...or they will start to lose faith in what you say...see Bam Margera.