Girl, 6, Handcuffed, Committed Because Of Classroom Behavior

[Gravdigr]

Let me disqualify myself for a moment:

I don't have children. I don't have any children, and it's no accident. I also have never worked at, or been incarcerated in a nut-hatch. I am not now, nor have I ever been a teacher or a principal. I was six once, for about a year. I have never weighed 37 lbs.

That said, here's what the father of that six year old 37 lb girl ought to do, and what I would do, if this were my child:

Go to a bar with a gravel parking lot (if there is at least one motorcycle in the lot, all the better, you're at the right place). Go in, pull up a stool, climb up on it, and tell this story. Then hire three--no, four--of the beefiest guys there (they'll probably work cheap, maybe free). Have them handcuff whomever made the decision to handcuff and commit a six year old 37 lb girl and beat their miserable ass to a pulp. Then employ approximately one gallon of Amoco Ultimate to set this wonderful person fire. But be sure to put them out right before they die from it.

I don't care if the six year old 37 lb girl pulled a knife and held it to someone's throat, their solution was extremely heavy-handed and uncalled for.

[xoxoxoBruce]

And what would you do if that kid pulled a knife and held it to your throat?

[limey]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Let me disqualify myself for a moment:

... I have never weighed 37 lbs...

OUCH.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by classicman

The point was restraining a child that small - I was QUESTIONING whether handcuffs were really necessary. Thats all, move along.

Been here. Done this. Tough crowd, let me tell you. This thread goes on for many pages. I'll summarize my position: handcuffs on a five or six year old child is wrong.

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Let me disqualify myself for a moment:

I don't have children. I don't have any children, and it's no accident. I also have never worked at, or been incarcerated in a nut-hatch. I am not now, nor have I ever been a teacher or a principal. I was six once, for about a year. I have never weighed 37 lbs.

That said, here's what the father of that six year old 37 lb girl ought to do, and what I would do, if this were my child:

Go to a bar with a gravel parking lot (if there is at least one motorcycle in the lot, all the better, you're at the right place). Go in, pull up a stool, climb up on it, and tell this story. Then hire three--no, four--of the beefiest guys there (they'll probably work cheap, maybe free). Have them handcuff whomever made the decision to handcuff and commit a six year old 37 lb girl and beat their miserable ass to a pulp. Then employ approximately one gallon of Amoco Ultimate to set this wonderful person fire. But be sure to put them out right before they die from it.

I don't care if the six year old 37 lb girl pulled a knife and held it to someone's throat, their solution was extremely heavy-handed and uncalled for.

You're fuckin-A right.