Saturday, April 23, 2005

Only in America...

Yesterday on the news, was a story about a little girl of the age of 5, who was out of control in the classroom, and the teacher called the police, then came, and the little girl was handcuffed.
She was wrestled down to the floor by 3 large police officers.

I feel so sick about this. Why was this little girl so upset? What made her lose control? Why can't teachers and principals use peaceful strategies to calm children down. When did it become necessary to call in the police to manhandle a little girl, the same age and size as my two daughters?

Only in America.

1 comment:

Amy T said...

That's HORRIBLE! That little child will surely be scarred for life because of this incident. Adults don't take the time to find out what's the matter when a child is upset anymore. And when a child is so YOUNG when this sort of thing happens.... how disgusting. I would be LIVID if I were the parent.