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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did they pick her up while she was resisting?

[b]Schools should, and usually do, have clear rules about touching children, restraining children, or moving children without their consent.  If the child was resisting then carrying her wasn't safe or appropriate, unless there was a serious safety concern (e.g. as a teacher I can carry a kicking and screaming kid out of the building during a fire, but not during a fire drill).[/b]  On the other hand, young kids are sometimes very willing to be carried, even when they are unhappy about something else.  If she was OK with being picked up, then that is a different situation.[/quote]
I think that's ridiculous.  When my 5/6 yr old refuses to sit on the "naught" chair, I carry her.  It shouldn't be any different for a teacher since the parent is not there. We're not talking about corporal punishment here.  I have no problem with a teacher picking up my child if my child were throwing a tantrum and disrupting the class (thankfully, that's never happened).  An adult can pick up a child without hurting the child.[/quote]

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