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Originally Posted by ngdawg
This is similar to the story/video posted about a year ago and you have to wonder-whatever happened to exuding authority? I've had to deal with kids as big or bigger than me, some really behavioral misfits, including one or two prone to violence and never did I have to go further than a loud, authorative 'KNOCK IT OFF NOW' to any of them and they'd back off. Also, that kind of approach when needed got me the respect from the kids needed to do my job; I had many 'sons and daughters' who put their trust in me. How much trust would one get if every time a baby (and that's what 6 year olds are, really) gets arrested because of a temper tantrum?
Parents think schools are there to 'cure; their kids, too many teachers/admins are afraid to show true authority(and that CAN be done without hands-on), preferring to just call the police or DFS.....
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Have you had to deal with kids who'd throw a punch at you?
Now, I'm a big believer in common sense but let me play devil's advocate for a moment and say that, when a rebellious child is attacking you, I don't think saying "knock it off now" is going to cut it. If you have the gall to physically attack an authority figure, you're lost and there's little else that can be done but to show you how unacceptable these actions are by throwing you in jail. These are the kids who will grow up to be adults who will violently resist arrest. Honestly, have you ever seen people run from or, even worse, attack their arresting officers? It's lunacy! Has it ever occured to any of these people to simply go quietly and find themselves a lawyer? Not if attacking their authority figures has worked for them in the past...