Taking it too far? I'd say so.

[scarletbeauty]

There's discipline, and then there's sending a SIX year old to an adult mental institution for behaving like...well, a 6 year old.

"The same school district that allowed an autistic boy to be voted out of kindergarten class for being a bit unruly has a far worse penalty for 6-year-old little girls. Handcuffs and straight jackets."[ Link to the

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[dragonsrmd]

What the hell was the psych ward doing admitting a six year old anyway!! I work on one and we don't allow children onto the ward to visit and have a special family room set aside for them. A six year old with *challenging* behavior should never ever be treated like this. WTF was wrong with the people dealing with this? Did every single adult involved turn into an incompetent idiot? :(

[muskeeterrowan]

How the heck were they able to do this without her parents permission! omg I cant even express the rage I am feeling right now.

Screw them. Thwey should all lose their jobs.

[carinn]

if it were my kid i'd go to jail for assault. cause i'd grab those people by their shirt and try to shake some sense into them.
and i would be screaming about WHY THEY DIDN'T FUCKING CALL ME THAT MY KID WAS BEING A TERROR!!!!!!

[acediance]

Ugh. This school sounds like a real gem.

Not surprising, though. Years ago, I had a neighbor whose 6-year-old daughter had been severely sexually molested when she lived with her other parent. She was getting therapy for it, but healing was going to take time. One day at school, the principal grabbed her from behind and she turned around and kicked him in the groin. When her dad (my neighbor) was called, he explained that she had been molested and that her molester used to sneak up on her the way the principal did, so that's why she turned around and assaulted him. The dad explained that she was just terrified and was getting help, etc. Well, the principal barked that he wasn't going to "cater to her needs" and that if she ever did that to him again, he'd call the police and have them arrest her. I was like D:. Have some sympathy, you twit.

[phaetonschariot]

Damn, brave of her to kick him if she (understandably) thought she was being attacked! What an awesome little girl.

[scarletbeauty]

But arresting and sending a SIX year old to a mental hospital? You think THAT was the correct way to handle it? NO.

[ginkaruja]

My brother was attacked in school by a kid who was in kindergarten when he was in first grade. This kid attacked teachers, visiting parents, and so on and so forth, and NOTHING was done, mostly because the mother made excuses so her kid wouldn't be suspended or put in detention. It kinda resulted in my brother starting to loose his stability, and creating issues he had, which is why I'm aware of the other side

[scarletbeauty]

I'd have tried calling the fucking parents and expelling the problem child before doing any of this fuckery. You can't defend what they did.