4 year old handcuffed for not taking a nap

arbilad · Head Chef

4 year old handcuffed for not taking a nap

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Yes, treating children like criminals is a trend I'm hating. This example is over-the-top and I hope the school has to pay out enough money over it to keep them from doing it again.

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

I do wonder if their school safety officer is actually a sworn officer. Some places thy are not officers. Either way though....

arbilad · Head Chef

Especially when you consider that the child committed no crime. Handcuffing and threatening jail time should only occur when a crime has been committed. Otherwise it is little different from something like a stranger hitting your kid in the store because he was too loud.

mirkwood · Senior Bucketkeeper

Yea. I yell at parents who tell htier kids I'm there to take them to jail or something along those lines when that is not why I was called.

example: "Johnny this officer is going to take you to jail if you don't listen to your mommy and clean your room."

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

It's not bad enough that parents are using Santa that way, but cops too? Sheesh. Yell at those parents a little for me, too, Mirk.

Duke of Mirth · Profuse Pontificator

OK so let me get this strait. Handcuff my kid if they won't take a nap but feel free to take them off campus without my knowlege to undergo a surgical proceedure.

Handcuff them for not taking a nap but don't drug test the athletes because that violates their privacy.

The crazy train has officially left the station!!!

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

I've found that it's a sad fact that few adults are qualified to handle children outside their own...

Besides, we all know that the best way to contain a child is not handcuffs, it's duct tape. :)

--Ray

Duke of Mirth · Profuse Pontificator

And you can get it in so many attractive colors these days. I remember the old days when all we had was silver duct tape. There was no possible way to color coordinate it to your children's clothing back then. Thank goodness for progress.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Why stop with coordinating the duct tape to the clothes...

Pt314 · Senior Member

Yet another instance that reinforces my belief that public school is a training ground for living in a totalitarian society.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Parents must be super vigilant if their kids are in Public School (and most of mine are - one's in Catholic school) to counter just what pt said. Indoctrinate the young - it's the way to change.

arbilad · Head Chef

Granted, I'm not a fan of public schools, but parents need to be supervigilant in any aspect of their kid's lives. Does that nice shiny toy from China have lead paint? Does their favorite cartoon teach bad principles?