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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has there been any mention of punishment for the parents beyond the anemic statement I read about how they're looking into it?

I realize a 6 y.o. can't be tried but something really needs to be done with the kid. He is dangerous. I do not care what anyone says.

Is it true that the teacher was threatened by the student & the school looked the other way? Time to sue the school system. [/quote]

Kids say things, even 6 year olds.  Treating a threat from a 6 year old the same as a threat from a high school or middle school student is not the solution.

Do you have kids?  [/quote]

Yes, 6 year olds sometimes say things that can be terrifying.  No, you don't treat a threat from a 6 year old the same as you would a 16 year old.  At the same time, you don't ignore what 6 year olds say.  You take them seriously.  Kids of any age who threaten a teacher or bring in bullets need a psych eval, a behavior plan, a full time 1:1 aide and their backpacks searched daily.  [b]Kids who bring bullets to school have zero place in a gen ed setting.[/b]  There are therapeutic schools where kids have to pass through metal detectors.  Yes, even 5 and 6 year olds have to pass through metal detectors.  For good reason.  [/quote]

That's crazy and not supported by anyone knowledgeable about child development.  But a child with bullets in his backpack should result in an immediate call to DCF and a visit home.    Kids put things in their backpacks.  But kids should not have access to ammunition.  Was the mother called about the bullets in the backpack?  And she still didn't have the gun locked away safely?  There is someone to blame here, but it's not a 6 year old.  And I think there's blame to spread around -- not just to the mom but to every gun manufacturer and legislator that resists technological fixes that would make it more difficult for a 6 year old to fire someone's gun.  My guess is that there's a lot of things going wrong in this kid's life.  He may need a therapeutic school, but the fact that he put something in his backpack that he found in his home is not evidence of that.[/quote]

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