It seems that headlines of Police Officers showing up at schools to assist in detaining children that get out of control has been popping up more and more.
Here is one of the latest .... http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57415181/ga-police-handcuff-arrest-kindergartner-for-tantrum/
Some usual repeating issues with these:
1.) The school staff feel that there is a threat
2.) School staff feels unable to control the child
3.) Parents of the child feel that the police actions were unnecessary
4.) Public Relation issues with the entire thing
Of course every situation is unique with circumstances being different but generally are similar. With that said, what is your opinion? Should school staff contact police first before the parents? Parents first and if no answer, then police? Police at all? Do you think school staff feel like their hands are tied with children?
Personally, I speculate that school officials probably feel pretty nervous about what they can physically do when a young child begins to act out violently. This would suggest that they probably would want police there to take physical action to detain and stop the child's actions. I would want to contact the parents first ... if they are unavailable then the next step would be police ... after all who else can you contact in this type of situation?
Potential problems with this is the training of the police officer that shows up. While I had attempted to become a Police Officer ... I don't remember anything in the classes and research that I did mentioning anything about young children.
Now ... in the news article that is above, it sounds as if though the child was "out-of-control" ... I didn't see anything about school staff contacting the parents before they contacted police (maybe they felt they didn't have the time to take that action because of the violent nature of the situation?) What struck me was the quote by the Child's father,
"A six-year-old in kindergarten! They don't have no business calling the police and handcuffing my child."
This, to me, shows a real issue with this guy's thought process as it appears that he places his child above the rules of society. Yes, we parents are protective of our children ... but we are also supposed to be teaching our children to prepare for society and this includes NOT THROWING VIOLENT TEMPER TANTRUMS and LISTENING TO TEACHERS WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO STOP.
Of course, what did the teacher say or do to try to have the child stop? Unfortunately, we simply don't really know.
Now, six-year-old's are, of course, very emotional and just starting to really get the basics down on social interaction. There is a difference between a "typical" temper-tantrum and a "violent tantrum." If other children, school staff and property is at danger from damage or injury ... then I would say that is grounds for the next steps in stopping that "violent tantrum."
Here is one of the latest .... http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57415181/ga-police-handcuff-arrest-kindergartner-for-tantrum/
Some usual repeating issues with these:
1.) The school staff feel that there is a threat
2.) School staff feels unable to control the child
3.) Parents of the child feel that the police actions were unnecessary
4.) Public Relation issues with the entire thing
Of course every situation is unique with circumstances being different but generally are similar. With that said, what is your opinion? Should school staff contact police first before the parents? Parents first and if no answer, then police? Police at all? Do you think school staff feel like their hands are tied with children?
Personally, I speculate that school officials probably feel pretty nervous about what they can physically do when a young child begins to act out violently. This would suggest that they probably would want police there to take physical action to detain and stop the child's actions. I would want to contact the parents first ... if they are unavailable then the next step would be police ... after all who else can you contact in this type of situation?
Potential problems with this is the training of the police officer that shows up. While I had attempted to become a Police Officer ... I don't remember anything in the classes and research that I did mentioning anything about young children.
Now ... in the news article that is above, it sounds as if though the child was "out-of-control" ... I didn't see anything about school staff contacting the parents before they contacted police (maybe they felt they didn't have the time to take that action because of the violent nature of the situation?) What struck me was the quote by the Child's father,
"A six-year-old in kindergarten! They don't have no business calling the police and handcuffing my child."
This, to me, shows a real issue with this guy's thought process as it appears that he places his child above the rules of society. Yes, we parents are protective of our children ... but we are also supposed to be teaching our children to prepare for society and this includes NOT THROWING VIOLENT TEMPER TANTRUMS and LISTENING TO TEACHERS WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO STOP.
Of course, what did the teacher say or do to try to have the child stop? Unfortunately, we simply don't really know.
Now, six-year-old's are, of course, very emotional and just starting to really get the basics down on social interaction. There is a difference between a "typical" temper-tantrum and a "violent tantrum." If other children, school staff and property is at danger from damage or injury ... then I would say that is grounds for the next steps in stopping that "violent tantrum."
