Anonymous wrote:Oh, and OP, from one mom of boys to another, this is not something to get worked up over. This is the kind of story you and your husband need to laugh about behind closed doors, and tuck away to bring out at the appropriately embarrassing time somewhere in the early teen years.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems a bit extreme to me. I'd want to know if there's more to the story. Perhaps he was being disruptive in other ways as well? If passing gas was all he was doing, this is inappropriate discipline. I would simply call the child up to the front, tell them their gas is disturbing others, and perhaps give them a pass to the bathroom.

This could not be the whole story. Here's what probably happened: your child was gathering an audience before he ceremoniously passed gas, then the girls started going "EWWWWWWWWWWWW!" at the top of their lungs while the boys patted him on the back and laughed. One tiny puff of gas, 15 mins of chaos in classroom.

Anonymous wrote:Seems a bit extreme to me. I'd want to know if there's more to the story. Perhaps he was being disruptive in other ways as well? If passing gas was all he was doing, this is inappropriate discipline. I would simply call the child up to the front, tell them their gas is disturbing others, and perhaps give them a pass to the bathroom.