Father of the Year or child abuse?

[Operational needs]

Looks like [COLOR=#5900b3][B]Princess[/B][/COLOR] is the only Child Abuse vote.
RickyBoy is still trying to figure out how to vote.

Lol. I didn’t vote child abuse. I voted Father of the Year. Speaking of votes. I thought I set it where everyone could see who votes what. Why can’t I see that?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I hated the bus. Stopped taking it in 5th grade. Rode my bike, ran or walked every day. If making your kid run to school is abuse, then I guess PE would have to be as well.

Humans, along with many other species, align themselves according to a dominance hierarchy. Physical dominance is only part of the hierarchy, and will only get you so far. Competence is a much greater indicator of your position in the heirarchy.

Allowing younger children to play rough lets them learn limits and how to properly interact with others. And any schools that have limited or eliminated recess need to reinstate them and expand recess periods. Kids who are able to get physical activity throughout the day are better able to focus and less likely to be misdiagnosed wih ADHD. But I digress.

Ask any elementary school teacher and they will tell you that recess is as important as the 3 R’s.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Ask any elementary school teacher and they will tell you that recess is as important as the 3 R’s.

No recess at all in schools in my county.

 

[Operational needs]

No recess at all in schools in my county.

That’s just crazy. Kids NEED recess. It gives them free time to interact with others and use their imaginations. Plus, it gives them a chance to burn off pent up energy from sitting all day and they can exercise.

 

[sailfish]

That’s just crazy. Kids NEED recess. It gives them free time to interact with others and use their imaginations. Plus, it gives them a chance to burn off pent up energy from sitting all day and they can exercise.

Now they just pump them full of ADHD drugs if their behaviors aren't up to "standard".

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

That’s just crazy. Kids NEED recess. It gives them free time to interact with others and use their imaginations. Plus, it gives them a chance to burn off pent up energy from sitting all day and they can exercise.

...that plus the teachers get a much needed break...

Back to the thread-----I just saw the video and would like to change my vote to "abusive". Yes, the father was trying to teach the kid a lesson, but I think he went overboard when he decided to follow him and use his cell phone to record his son running to school.

When my ex and I were separated I would pick the kids up and bring them to school. My son was not always the best at having his backpack organized and we would at times have to go back and get something that he "forgot" and "really needed". There finally came a point where he asked to go back and I told him no and that he would have to go to school with what was in his back pack and explain to that particular teacher why he was not prepared. He was pissed but we never had to go back after that.

 

[sailfish]

Parents of yesterday didn't have their hands tied by the courts stating that they could go to jail or be harassed by Child Services if they dissaplined their kid in public.

This line is key.

 

[sailfish]

Lol. I didn’t vote child abuse. I voted Father of the Year. Speaking of votes. I thought I set it where everyone could see who votes what. Why can’t I see that?

The voter of child abuse probably doesn't think the kid will be fine.

 

[sailfish]

The voter of child abuse probably doesn't think the kid will be fine.

@Operational needs did you see what I did there?

 

[Operational needs]

@Operational needs did you see what I did there?

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Did you vote child abuse?

 

[sailfish]

Did you vote child abuse?

No. I was making reference to a certain user on here who you had previous interaction with concerning your own discipline methods.

 

[Operational needs]

No. I was making reference to a certain user on here who you had previous interaction with concerning your own discipline methods.

Ohh.

 

[TearsInRain]

the video is unnecessary

if you think the running is extreme or harsh, you are literally the cancer killing our children right now

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

the video is unnecessary

if you think the running is extreme or harsh, you are literally the cancer killing our children right now

Running in and of itself is neither extreme nor harsh—-running as a form of punishment is.

 

[Operational needs]

Running in and of itself is neither extreme nor harsh—-running as a form of punishment is.

No it’s not. Like the dad said, he got kicked off the bus and getting a ride to school would be a reward. He shouldn’t have let him run with the back pack though. As it is, kids’ backpacks are too heavy half the time.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

the video is unnecessary

if you think the running is extreme or harsh, you are literally the cancer killing our children right now

 

[Brownslave688]

Running in and of itself is neither extreme nor harsh—-running as a form of punishment is.

"Running as a form of punishment is harsh"


Better lock up ever sports coach in the country. Lol

 

[1989]

No it’s not. Like the dad said, he got kicked off the bus and getting a ride to school would be a reward. He shouldn’t have let him run with the back pack though. As it is, kids’ backpacks are too heavy half the time.

I would not have made him run. Or followed him to school. Some kids like/want that kind of attention. His punishment should not be putting others out.

 

[Operational needs]

I would not have made him run. Or followed him to school. Some kids like/want that kind of attention. His punishment should not be putting others out.

Good point.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

There is a line. Anybody remember Savannah Hardin? We also had 6 recruits die of overpunishment when I was in basic training. PT in MOPP level four, heat cat. 5 and 90 + degrees.