Grandma's House

This is incredible:

Police arrested an 8-year-old boy who allegedly had a violent outburst in school, head-butting his teacher and kicking an assistant principal, when he was told he couldn't go outside to play with other students.

The 4-foot pupil was led away from Rawls Byrd Elementary School in handcuffs Tuesday and charged with disorderly conduct and assault and battery.

I'll admit I don't know the whole story here. I'm sure it wasn't covered equally from both sides. However, I know in my heart that an 8 year old child does not need to be arrested and taken to jail in handcuffs; he needs a good spanking. Probably something he's never had in his entire life. This is what happens when you don't let kids play like kids and get out their aggression in games of cowboys and Indians, or cops and robbers, etc. And he probably has parents at home who subscribe to the "build up their self-esteem and never let them experience losing" mantra that so pervades the grade-school aged kids these days. There are no competitions because someone would have to lose, and you just can't have that, can you?

This kid needs strong parents and a good swat or five. Kids need to know there are limits in life that they cannot cross, and if they do they must suffer the consequences. This must be absolute. Kids who don't have boundaries are left floundering and will act out every time.

That's my opinion. You may not like it. But it's mine. Feel free to express yourself, keeping the language clean of course. Kids may read this website.