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My 5 year old just got sent to the Dean's office for saying "I'll kill you"

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I guess it's better to be over cautious then not cautious enough, but still....this seems really silly. I mean the kid is a whole FIVE years old. He doesn't know what he's doing. He should have just been told that "that's not something we say" and move along.

Do you guys that agree with the school's actions interact with young kids at all?

 
Unfortunately it's a sad state of affairs that we are living with regarding violence in schools. That having been said, I don't think that the teacher was out of line at all. There have been cases within the past few years where children of your son's age actually have shot and killed people at school. Is it unfortunate and somewhat ridiculous to treat a five year old like that? Yes. Did the teacher do the right thing? Unfornately, I'd also say yes. Imagine how you'd feel if your son were killed by some other kid who made similar statements that were undocumented and just handled by the teacher in the classroom.
 
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: Phokus
DURRR, he said something that could easily be construed as threatening to another student, stfu and teach your kid not to say retarded things.
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You're an idiot. Try remembering that you were a child once who said a lot of stupid things. We all did. Until you can remember that you will remain an idiot.
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Phokus is presumably an adult now, and still says a lot of stupid things. 😉
 
yea, another parenting thread with a bunch of posts from people who aren't parents and are most likely still living with their's.

My 8 year old says the same thing. It's usually an irrational reaction to something that upset him. I can demand (yes, demand, not beg, plea or ask) him over and over again not to say it and give him alternative responses, but there are going to be times when it comes out again. As long as he's not showing the compulsive acts of violence I would not put too much worry into it.
 
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Unfortunately it's a sad state of affairs that we are living with regarding violence in schools. That having been said, I don't think that the teacher was out of line at all. There have been cases within the past few years where children of your son's age actually have shot and killed people at school. Is it unfortunate and somewhat ridiculous to treat a five year old like that? Yes. Did the teacher do the right thing? Unfornately, I'd also say yes. Imagine how you'd feel if your son were killed by some other kid who made similar statements that were undocumented and just handled by the teacher in the classroom.
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Please link a news story of a 5 year old purposely shooting kids at school.
 
Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Originally posted by: fisher
maybe you should tell your wife to watch what she says around your 5 year old?
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Well we haven't had a post from SunnyD saying his kid says "I'll suck your c0ck for a three fitty" So the wife is at least holding back there. 😉
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Dat wasn't his wife, dat was the damn Loch Ness monster!
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Originally posted by: fisher
maybe you should tell your wife to watch what she says around your 5 year old?
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Well we haven't had a post from SunnyD saying his kid says "I'll suck your c0ck for a three fitty" So the wife is at least holding back there. 😉
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Dat wasn't his wife, dat was the damn Loch Ness monster!
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Damned Loch Ness Munster tricked me again!
 
Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
when did they stop calling them principals, and start calling them deans?
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I don't know where his son goes, but usually in rich academies they're called deans.

And it sounds like it's either a PC public school or a private school with an oversensitive administration.
 
Boys will be boys is my attitude, so I think she/he teach over reacted. I woulda said sit down, shut up, you're here to learn, not run your mouth ok little big man.

Little embarresment/public humiliation is always a good thing too.
 
Originally posted by: SunnyD
Originally posted by: Czar
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you as a parent are an educator, your job is to teach him right from wrong
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And that in absolutely no way falls as a burden of his educators during the 7 hours he is at school? Which is all but mandated by the state for him to be at (unless we choose to homeschool)?
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Public schools exist to educate our children. It is the parents' job to teach a child morals and the difference between 'right' and 'wrong'.
 
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: FlyLice
Home schooling = kid has no social skills
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People who are misinformed = idiot postings.
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So true. Being at school isn't the only place kids make friends.
If they take sports or are members of clubs hows it any different?

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Originally posted by: CPA
yea, another parenting thread with a bunch of posts from people who aren't parents and are most likely still living with their's.

My 8 year old says the same thing. It's usually an irrational reaction to something that upset him. I can demand (yes, demand, not beg, plea or ask) him over and over again not to say it and give him alternative responses, but there are going to be times when it comes out again. As long as he's not showing the compulsive acts of violence I would not put too much worry into it.
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Thanks CPA - that's exactly how I feel. I'm not putting too much worry over my son's actions so much as him following through with a threat (which he has no idea what it means to begin with).

My whole worry is over the fact that the school, it's administration, and particularly his teacher are more concerned with PC than actually teaching and/or taking care of the issues at hand.
 
Originally posted by: SunnyD
Originally posted by: CPA
yea, another parenting thread with a bunch of posts from people who aren't parents and are most likely still living with their's.

My 8 year old says the same thing. It's usually an irrational reaction to something that upset him. I can demand (yes, demand, not beg, plea or ask) him over and over again not to say it and give him alternative responses, but there are going to be times when it comes out again. As long as he's not showing the compulsive acts of violence I would not put too much worry into it.
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Thanks CPA - that's exactly how I feel. I'm not putting too much worry over my son's actions so much as him following through with a threat (which he has no idea what it means to begin with).

My whole worry is over the fact that the school, it's administration, and particularly his teacher are more concerned with PC than actually teaching and/or taking care of the issues at hand.
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Being a responsible and good teacher won't get you on the 5 o'clock news... preventing a mass murder by a 5 year old might...
 
Originally posted by: Smoke0
Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: FlyLice
Home schooling = kid has no social skills
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People who are misinformed = idiot postings.
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So true. Being at school isn't the only place kids make friends.
If they take sports or are members of clubs hows it any different?
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There is a great deal of social development that occurs in the classroom that cannot be substituted with extra-curricular activities, in my opinion.
 
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