> -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 10:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: just plain wrong > > How is it even humanly possible for a 5 yr old to do anything that > would require police intervention? (Outside of getting their hands on
It's actually quite easy - but perhaps not necessary. A gun is far from the only thing that could cause harm to the child or others and even a five-year old of the right build (especially when adrenaline charged) can overpower an adult of the right build. In this particular instance it doesn't seem like the circumstances out of context predicated the police call - there was obviously previous interaction with this child and her mother and the police. > a gun in which case the concern isn't so much the child's temper > anyway.) Kids are kids. Sometimes kids throw fits - that's life. A > competent, responsible adult is capable of dealing with the situation > without involving the police. Police intervention in any situation This is normally true - but most adults lack the training needed to do that and some kids are incredibly difficult to control even with training. Reasonable people are actually quite bad (in general) in dealing with unreasonable situations for which they've not been trained. Secondly all kids throw fits, some kids throw FITS. If you've never had the opportunity to see one of the latter then you just don't know how bad things can (and do) get. I'm not sure what the current methods taught are, but addressing my old training to the situation at hand the child would have been restrained much sooner - as soon as she started hitting the adults. She wouldn't have been released until she was calm and would have been immediately restrained again if the behavior flared up. I've had to restrain a kid for more than hour (a truly back-breaking proposition). I've never had to restrain my own children (thankfully) but some kids need it. In this specific case I would expect the (multiple) teachers to be able to handle the problem without calling outside help. But to say this should always be the case doesn't seem right to me. I can easily see scenarios where frustrated adults unable to control the situation may call the police. Who else are they going to call, the fire department? Personally I would rather they recognize their inability to control the situation and call the police than escalate things to the point that the child is allowed to hurt themselves or others or hurt by the over-extended adult. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155154 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
