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Spanking in preschool
shmokes:
This isn't a PnR thread discussing its merits. It's just me venting. My 3 year old says one of the teachers at school spanked her today. :timebomb: I was probing to make sure she didn't just shoo her along or something, but it sounds like she legit spanked her. My daughter said that her teacher spanked her hard and that she cried. I asked her why she spanked her and she said it was because she wasn't laying down during nap time, so it sounds like there was a reason for it. I really don't want to have to deal with this sort of thing.
What's more, about a month ago she said the same teacher about a month ago hurt her shoulder when she grabbed her. I told my wife, just so she would know in case there was anything to it, but I was pretty skeptical of this just because I've had her act like she was hurt when I've taken her arm or shoulder and led her somewhere she didn't want to go.
But now there's this. And it's not her regular teacher (it's her old teacher who she had a year ago). And she hasn't said anything about any of the other three teachers, even though this lady is probably her second favorite and one of the others is very strict and not very nice and my daughter doesn't seem to care for her.
Now I need to go talk to the director. It sucks.
ChadTower:
Talk to the director first thing in the AM. As in the first possible moment the director is available. I'd be standing at the front door when the first car arrives. Doesn't matter what you had scheduled that day - now you have a new schedule.
jim, it is illegal for teachers to hit a kid. Period. There's no grey area. My wife is a preschool teacher so I have gotten a pretty good look at how the places are supposed to operate over the last couple of years.
drventure:
Yep, gotta agree on that one. Go talk to em first thing. Then yank her out of there and find somewhere else, depending on the reaction of the admin.
You want to spank your kids? That's your call.
But nobody else should be doing anything of the sort!
Vanguard:
Spanking is NOT illegal across the board. It is dictated by the state. Shmokes, are you still in Florida? In Florida corporal punishment is still legal.
The law applies to k-12 though. Not sure who governs preschool.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Vanguard on February 01, 2010, 10:30:39 pm ---Spanking is NOT illegal across the board. It is dictated by the state. Shmokes, are you still in Florida? In Florida corporal punishment is still legal.
The law applies to k-12 though. Not sure who governs preschool.
--- End quote ---
I'm pretty sure that pre-school, at least in my area, is private. That means little oversight as it pertains to this type of punishment. I don't know of a law that covers it. Every situation is different.
That being said, I wouldn't stand for this on that age. There's not a reason for them to do it.
I also think that if this was a common occurrence, that other parents would have raised the issue long before now. Maybe it's a one time thing but you've got to put a stop to it now. Hell, I remember in middle school, my parents had to be called and asked permission before I got whacked. I'd just tell them under no circumstances is your daughter to be punished physically. Have them list for you the other options that they have. I guarantee that they use other methods.
I had a daughter was in pre-school last year and she had a boy in there who would constantly act up. He wouldn't help clean up and other little stuff. The teachers eventually told him he couldn't have a snack unless he helped. Little stuff like that is used to motivate 3/4 year olds. 5 minute time outs etc.
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