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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sure wish people would have called the police on my father when I was growing up.  Growing up, I thought we'd done a good job of hiding what was going on in our house.  As an adult and with some life experience, I know the neighbors could hear my dad raging, our screams when we were hit, the bruises, etc.  Back then, school staff weren't mandated reporters but, still, if one person had called police maybe we could have gotten some help.

No one knows what went on in that boy's house but I'm glad someone called police because from the little information that was provided in the article, it sure sounds like something is off.  [/quote]

Wish someone had called the police on your father, too. But there's nothing in the article that says the woman here did anything remotely close to hitting her DS. Sounds like she was at the end of her rope and put him out on the deck.

I seriously do not think this comes remotely close to abuse. Bunch of hot house flowers we're raising these days.[/quote]

It may not be abuse but I don't think it was appropriate or "okay"  to punish a 10 year old like that.  If this was just a random mom having a bad parenting day that would be one thing.  But this was a teacher and like it or not the bar is higher for her.  That said, I really doubt that there will be a conviction but we'll see.[/quote]

I always tell my kids, "that is not okay." But I don't think "not okay" rises to the level of a felony, whether or not she was a teacher. And FWIW, I think it's perfectly fine to send a kid outside and say, "Don't come back in until you're ready to follow the rules in our house." Clearly a last resort, but I have no problem with that at all.[/quote]

Locking a distraught kid outside to cry alone on the deck late at night to the point where he disturbed the neighbors was...harsh and inappropriate but not necessarily criminal.  Assuming that is what she did.

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