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Not filing charges against the principal is a lot different than authorities saying the principal "was in the right." While the state may allow corporal punishment, it's not clear that the district allows it. If it's against district policy, I imagine her contract would be cancelled and she would be terminated immediately. I'm not sure how a principal isn't aware that corporal punishment is not allowed by the district. That's not something you just overlook. In Texas, corporal punishment is legal, but very few districts actually allow it.
Looks like the mom asked the school to use corporal punishment over the phone, the school said you have to come down to the school and give that approval in person. She promptly drove down to the school and requested corporal punishment in person. She then witnessed it, secretly filmed it, thanked the principal afterwards, then ran off to file a lawsuit against the school.
There is no way in hell I would allow anyone at a school to use their judgement in determining if my kid needs spanking or not.
There was a consultation with the mom. She had veto power, but instead, stated something that sounded like she felt the child was out of control when it came to breaking things. Or breaking the home computer.
One staff member gave a statement claiming that when the girl's mother was contacted by phone about the incident, she said her daughter was also damaging items at home, but that she was "afraid to discipline her by spanking, because her daughter threatens to call the police and [the Department of Children and Families]." She says the mother then asked that school staffers spank her daughter, CNN reports. The staffer says she then told the mother she'd need to come to the school to ask in person for the spanking to be carried out, and then remain in the room while it happened, and that the mother did just that.
So, Mother of the Year comes all the way down to the school, asks them to spank her daughter then sits there videotaping it and afterward thanks staff for doing it. Then some family member or perhaps a boyfriend tells MOTY she can sue for big bucks. Or maybe that was her plan all along? What a louse.
Despite the mother's lack of parenting skills, no adult in this nation should be able to get away with hitting a child. I am all for reduced privileges punishment, time outs, similar things to get the message across, however sitting a child down and telling them your expectations and the punishment for not meeeting those expectations was what I used and was very effective. Children are smart and do listen and can learn, usually it is the parent or authority figure that has a problem with being smart, listening, or the ability to learn that uses corporal punishment.
Those who promote hitting others are barbarians.
Not filing charges against the principal is a lot different than authorities saying the principal "was in the right." While the state may allow corporal punishment, it's not clear that the district allows it. If it's against district policy, I imagine her contract would be cancelled and she would be terminated immediately. I'm not sure how a principal isn't aware that corporal punishment is not allowed by the district. That's not something you just overlook. In Texas, corporal punishment is legal, but very few districts actually allow it.
Looks like the mom asked the school to use corporal punishment over the phone, the school said you have to come down to the school and give that approval in person. She promptly drove down to the school and requested corporal punishment in person. She then witnessed it, secretly filmed it, thanked the principal afterwards, then ran off to file a lawsuit against the school.
Gee what other punishments can they legally dole out with parental permission? wth. What kind of school these days hits kids?! And has a paddle handy to do it!
"paddling her with her mother's approval is a lot better than calling the police and citing her for malicious vandalism. Other school districts have called cops on grade-school children for far less, and the kids have ended up with a police record."
This encapsulates so much that is wrong with both policing and education in this country. What kind of educators would call the police ON A 6 YEAR OLD??!! It is in no way normal, it is not what other civilized countries to which the US would want to be compared do.
As for corporal punishment of a child in school... If I ,as an adult who should know better, negligently break a computer at work and my boss tried to paddle me, it would be a clear cut case of assault - but we're ok with paddling a 6 yo who is still learning pretty much everything about the world and how to behave in it? Other than responding in self-defense, no one should have the legal authority to be hitting anyone, adult or child, period.
I find it sort of hard to believe that the mother was given the choice of allowing her 6 year old daughter to be paddled OR having the police called on her daughter.
I suppose it's possible that this was the choice presented to this mother but it seems like there must be more to it.
One staff member gave a statement claiming that when the girl's mother was contacted by phone about the incident, she said her daughter was also damaging items at home, but that she was "afraid to discipline her by spanking, because her daughter threatens to call the police and [the Department of Children and Families]." She says the mother then asked that school staffers spank her daughter, CNN reports. The staffer says she then told the mother she'd need to come to the school to ask in person for the spanking to be carried out, and then remain in the room while it happened, and that the mother did just that.
So, Mother of the Year comes all the way down to the school, asks them to spank her daughter then sits there videotaping it and afterward thanks staff for doing it. Then some family member or perhaps a boyfriend tells MOTY she can sue for big bucks. Or maybe that was her plan all along? What a louse.
O.k. this explains a lot. Good synopsis.
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