Are we really that afraid??!!

[pukn]

So was going through CNN and found this article of a boy who threw a temper tantrum at school and was pepper sprayed by the police. The boy is eight years old and was threatening the teachers with a twelve inch sharpened stick...

After reading the article, I was beside myself with anger because I feel that the teachers should have handled the situation before it was escalated to the police. What the hell happened to common sense in dealing with this child? Are we as adults so afraid to properly admonish a child as to call the police instead of dealing with the situation?

Here is a link to the article... Lack of common sense (http://www.9news.com/news/article/191574/129/Police-use-pepper-spray-on-second-grader-)

[rikku]

I'd have kicked his ass!

[pukn]

Hell yeah, thats what I'm thinking!

[MrsMo]

The school isn't allowed to lay hands on the little monster. The parents would sue, heads would roll and jobs would be lost wholesale. The mother is in serious denial about her little boy. Pepper spray was about the only choice cops had before going to tasering the brat.

It all goes back to the pandering we're doing to our children. Over protective parents are not allowing their children to learn through bumps, bruises and outright ass whoopings that there are consequences to their actions.

[coffee]

My Mom would have ripped that stick out of my hands and beat me half to death with it, Thank you Mom for raising me that way : )