HEADS Would ROLL if this happened to my child.

[lkb0714]

Originally Posted by Ringo1

Well. Quite interesting. I stand corrected.

Apparently, it's just an everyday kinda thing for some people.

Yes, accidents are not a "humiliating" experience for 4 and 5 year olds.

So I just polled my sophomores and not a single one can even name a classmate from their class let alone who did or did not have an "accident". They remember snippets of things like the playground, or 911 but not the level of detail people have claimed they remember from being 4 or 5.

[carolinacool]

That's interesting because I can easily name more than half of my kindergarten class without a problem. And I was in kindergarten 32 years ago! That said, I lived in a small town so I went to school with the same core set of people from k through 12. I can still remember the weird kid who peed on himself in first or second grade.

I can certainly see it being less of an issue if you're in a big school district with people moving in and out regularly.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by carolinacool

That's interesting because I can easily name more than half of my kindergarten class without a problem. And I was in kindergarten 32 years ago! That said, I lived in a small town so I went to school with the same core set of people from k through 12. I can still remember the weird kid who peed on himself in first or second grade.

I can certainly see it being less of an issue if you're in a big school district with people moving in and out regularly.

I am 53, from a small town, and I still remember that in first grade this boy Charlie would throw up almost every day. Some days he threw up right there in the classroom, and we'd have to go outside while the janitor cleaned it up. Other days he would run to the boys room down the hall, but I remember once when he only made it to the water fountain. I don't know why he kept barfing in school, but he outgrew it eventually. He grew up to be a good football player in high school, and eventually he became a cop in a neighboring town.

But even worse than puking or peeing in class--same small town--I am fifth generation there--my grandmother, who lived to be 94, always remembered that a man who became our chief of police breastfed until he was four or five years old. She said all the kids would be out playing and his mother would come out to hang wash on the line, and the boy would run over and lift his mother's shirt to get a drink of milk. Imagine that? You get to be the Chief of Police in your little town, your own little rise to power, and yet there's still some old lady who never ever forgets that you were still sucking on your mother's boob when you were five years old. Hehehe.

[Zimbochick]

I don't who was in my K class. I remember kids having "accidents" at school, but I couldn't tell you who. Now when I was in high school, I wrote a district wide exam, and a girl sitting in front of who must have been 15 or so peed while sitting in her chair. I was horrified, and I'll bet she never lived that down. Nerves I guess.

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by lkb0714

Yes, accidents are not a "humiliating" experience for 4 and 5 year olds.

So I just polled my sophomores and not a single one can even name a classmate from their class let alone who did or did not have an "accident". They remember snippets of things like the playground, or 911 but not the level of detail people have claimed they remember from being 4 or 5.

I'm going to disagree with that one. Do you really think that 4 and 5 year olds cannot feel humiliation?

I assure you ~ they can. Perhaps it only impacts more 'sensitive' types but your dignity can be insulted at quite a young age.

[AnnaNomus]

Originally Posted by Ringo1

I'm going to disagree with that one. Do you really think that 4 and 5 year olds cannot feel humiliation?

I assure you ~ they can. Perhaps it only impacts more 'sensitive' types but your dignity can be insulted at quite a young age.

I agree. I know my 5yo would be absolutely humiliated if she wet her pants in public. I think any child who is old enough to know better, and who considers themselves a "big girl" or "big boy" would be mortified. Maybe some more than others, but I'm quite sure it is at least somewhat embarassing.

And I'm only speaking of wetting accidents. I can't imagine the torment a child would feel if they had a diarhhea accident, such as the case in the OP. AND being forced to sit there in it. I'm quite sure that is something that poor child's classmates won't forget about, even without the media attention.

[JustJulia]

Originally Posted by AnnaNomus

I agree. I know my 5yo would be absolutely humiliated if she wet her pants in public. I think any child who is old enough to know better, and who considers themselves a "big girl" or "big boy" would be mortified. Maybe some more than others, but I'm quite sure it is at least somewhat embarassing.

And I'm only speaking of wetting accidents. I can't imagine the torment a child would feel if they had a diarhhea accident, such as the case in the OP. AND being forced to sit there in it. I'm quite sure that is something that poor child's classmates won't forget about, even without the media attention.

Yes. I am not a fan of the sensationalist media, but I think this story may have shifted the blame from the little girl to the teacher, so she might not be as humiliated.

Psst, did you hear that Jenny pooped her pants at school?

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Psst, did you hear that Jenny pooped her pants at school because the teacher would not let her go?

[AJBarney]

Originally Posted by Eresh

Wow. That really makes my blood boil. I mean REALLY makes my blood boil.

Then no kudzu has accomplished her self-appointed mission.

[Soda120]

Originally Posted by ADVentive

Yep, me too.

I still remember the time a boy in my 3rd grade class wet his pants because the teacher said he couldn't go to the bathroom. So did everyone else in our school.

Same here. He was a very shy boy. He wet his pants, and the teacher should have felt like a damn fool because he was only obeying her: "If you have to go to the restroom, hold it until class is over." Hell, he couldn't wait that damn long.