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2010-02-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Girl, 6, Handcuffed, Committed Because Of Classroom Behavior

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Franklin said she was supposed to meet with school officials Tuesday but had to cancel because she had car problems.

It would appear she has much more than... "car problems."

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-13 04:53|| 2010-02-13 04:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Mickey Shalansky --- father.
Kathy Franklin --- mother.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-02-13 04:58|| 2010-02-13 04:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Spare the Rod... Spoil the Child....

Someone must have asked the critical question:

How many cops does it take to take down a six-year-old girl?

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-02-13 06:46|| 2010-02-13 06:46|| Front Page Top

#4 a good whacking is in order - for Mom and Dad

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-13 08:01|| 2010-02-13 08:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Ima guessing they don't use the tranquilizer darts in schools anymore.

Posted by SteveS 2010-02-13 08:54|| 2010-02-13 08:54|| Front Page Top

#6 They probably come from the same "parenting philosophy" that says the mere act of raising your voice to your child is abuse. Somehow you are supposed to "reason" with the child in the middle of their tantrums and get them to willingly go along with normal, civilized behavior.

I'm not kidding. My idiot sis in law tried that with my boy once when he was acting up and teasing his cousin. I guess she thought it was a "teachable moment" for this barbarian in child rearing or something because she jumped in before I had a chance to do anything. Naturally it didn't work. He wasn't paying attention to her at all, but she thought she got through to him how his behavior was "not optimum" (her words).

She later saw me temporarily take away his beloved stuffed duck and raise my voice to get him to stop making fun of his cousin when he did it again.....and for the rest of the day she looked at me like I had just tortured a kitten in her presence. It worked, and he didn't do it again during his cousin's visit, but apparently I'm not allowed around my niece alone because of my "brutal" way of dealing with behavior problems. (BTW, my boy's three. Didn't lay a hand on him.)

You think there are some brats in the teens/twenties right now? Just wait....it's gonna get worse. God help us all.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-02-13 09:18|| 2010-02-13 09:18|| Front Page Top

#7 I got spanked as a kid, quite a few times. And you know what - I deserved every damn one of them. Some kids don't need spanked, some do. Some kids just need a stern voice & some need a swat on the backside. In any case, all need a parent w/a spine.

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-02-13 10:08|| 2010-02-13 10:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Children are the larval form of human beings and as such are more closely related to badgers than to adults.

MINNEAPOLISA study published Monday in The Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry has concluded that an estimated 98 percent of children under the age of 10 are remorseless sociopaths with little regard for anything other than their own egocentric interests and pleasures.

Posted by SteveS 2010-02-13 10:14|| 2010-02-13 10:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Only 98%, SteveS? I think you're an optimist. ;)

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2010-02-13 10:39|| 2010-02-13 10:39|| Front Page Top

#10 When I was teaching school I saw scenarios like this as almost a daily occurrence. And, usually, without fail the parents were the cause of the child's' actions/performance(s). The parents are too lazy/stupid/uncaring to discipline/raise their children and expect others (school/daycare/baby sitter) to do it ... until the parent feels they (school/daycare/baby sitter) cross the (unknown) line set by the parents. Until the parents grow up themselves and accept their responsibility the situation(s) will only get worse.

Posted by WolfDog 2010-02-13 11:24|| 2010-02-13 11:24|| Front Page Top

#11 an estimated 98 percent of children under the age of 10 are remorseless sociopaths with little regard for anything other than their own egocentric interests and pleasures.

What's the percentage for ~~children~~ democrats over the age of 20?

Posted by Goober Goobelopolous 2010-02-13 12:03|| 2010-02-13 12:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Guess the teacher had run out of Ritalin doping up all the boys at the start of the school day.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-13 12:06|| 2010-02-13 12:06|| Front Page Top

#13 My wife is a special ed. aide in Kindergarten. She works up close and personal with these situations daily, not just with the specials but with the normals too.

It is invariably parental driven. She has been accused of hitting a child because she restrained him from hitting another student with a truck. Who made the complaint? The student to the parents. Did the parents talk about it? No, they stormed the school lawyer in tow. Luckily the (most of the) school backs up the teachers on these cases. The one administrator that doesn't? The Special Needs Regional Coordinator, a bureaucrat with no real training or experience.

It's a lovely thing.

Posted by AlanC 2010-02-13 13:25|| 2010-02-13 13:25|| Front Page Top

#14 And what percentage of baby boomers?

And many of whom act younger than some of their offspring. Am I alone in thinking it is odd to see seventy years olds tearing up keyboards to update their facebook?

Posted by GirlThursday 2010-02-13 13:39|| 2010-02-13 13:39|| Front Page Top

#15 A speedy trial and death by Theriault-Odom the Flame! (see below).

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-13 13:47|| 2010-02-13 13:47|| Front Page Top

#16 Beat the kidz till they piss blood ~~for a week~~ die, and then neuter their parents.

Posted by Shipman 2010-02-13 15:29|| 2010-02-13 15:29|| Front Page Top

#17 Welcome back, Shipman! I missed you, my dear. How would you have handled it, really?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-13 17:39|| 2010-02-13 17:39|| Front Page Top

#18 Ample doses of sarcasm, no doubt.

Posted by Pappy 2010-02-13 17:59|| 2010-02-13 17:59|| Front Page Top

#19 Dealing with the school dist is a painful event for both teachers and parents. The legal trap the teachers are in is a no win for them. Grab the kid and you get an assault charge. For god sake not little Jenny, her head spins because you teachers just dont understand her. Calling the police was the right call for a violent child in school nowadays. Sad but true, no longer can they yell at them, grab them, or paddle them.

I believe there is a lot more to this story. Parent meeting already set means they have had problems before. The school admin must have been tired of the lack of parent involvment.

I only wonder who made the call to send her to the psyc wards. Must have been the police, certainly not the school. Violent and out of control I believe they made the right call, concidering the legal fallout that will follow. Now they will have professional doctors saying its the parents fault.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-02-13 21:51|| 2010-02-13 21:51|| Front Page Top

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