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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of assumptions being made here on all sides.  That's to be expected from parents, but I would expect a school to have better resources and tools at their disposal to address the problem long before they resort to the last-ditch effort of suspension.

Most kids exhibiting disruptive behavior are not "problem kids".  In almost all cases, it's a kid with a problem.  And with preschoolers, we're talking kids who are just beginning to understand their emotions and don't have many coping mechanisms.

When I think of my own 4 year old, he's a really good kid who has moments but they're usually stemming from something I can fix: he's hungry, didn't get enough sleep, frustrated, nervous about a new situation.  Then there are slightly more difficult issues that take some sleuthing, like when he went days without eating because he had an undiscovered food allergy to something I put in his lunch every day.  Because he didn't want to sit still in front of something that was making him sick, he got up and walked around picking at others' food with predictable conflicts ensuing. Or when he stopped liking aftercare (something he'd previously loved) when the 3 boys he'd always played with started excluding him.  Out of the blue, he started throwing unbelievable tantrums at pick up time.  Not because he'd turned into a problem kid, but because he was distressed about something and needed my attention.

But if the assumption is just that he's a bad kid with bad parents?  That's compounding a problem, not solving it.  Preschool educators need to be about solving it.  That's one place where youthful exuberance in a teacher is great, but experience in classroom management is more important.  Teacher-student ratio is also a factor and that means the [i]teacher[/i] should be getting more help, training and/or resources, not kicking kids out of school.

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A tantrum with you upon leaving is not throwing a chair.  [/quote]

Not the poster, but clearly you are missing the point.  Do you really think a three year old understands that throwing a chair is more dangerous than throwing a tantrum.  Clearly the child is acting out because he is having a difficult time coping with his emotions whether they be anger, frustration, or disappointment. These may be emotions that he does not experience regularly at home; or his mother may be attentive and able to help him manage better than his teacher who has to be attentive to multiple children .  I do not think it is unrealistic that he does not exhibit those behaviors at home.  [/quote]

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