kindergarten and First graders in trouble for hugging!!!

Wow. This is crazy. Schools have better things to worry about. I would talk to some one until you get a decient answer on why they are making this into such an issue. I would not want my kids punished for hugging.

Hello princessmom1011 :) 5 year olds are innocent angels. When they hug, that genuinely means care, love and affection. If adults put malice on this and the children gets reprimanded, they would think that expressing affection is bad and they would start to suppress their emotions. And suppressing emotions is not healthy in the development of their characters. My friend, this ages are crucial in learning and development, it is the parents' responsibility to expose them to the environment that will help them grow to be the best person that they can be. So better make sure that they are in the place/environment that can make them the best person that they deserve to become. Best of luck, take care of yourself and the kids :)

I actually heard this on the news today. Schools in Ohio banned hugging. That's insane! I mean girls of any age hug all the time I remember hugging my friends at the end of the day. I think schools are going too far with that and letting the issue of bullying go undetected.

wow this is unreal ... I would hope someone would never disallow my daughter to hug her niece or nephew...the schools are getting way out of hand when they are going to give those age children detention for one thing ...that in it's self is crazy to me ... but for them nor bi=eing able to give each other a hug I think I would march right down to that school and tell them a thing or two ..lol thinsg like that really get me riled up ...how can we teach our kids to love one another if they will receive detention ...

This sounds like a vry strange policy to have in place. I think you should contact the head of the school or the school board and ask them to explain their reasoning behind having a policy in place which makes hugging a suspendable offence. I find it disturbing that affection is being seen as a punishable offence for 5 year olds. What message is this going to give to young children?

This is terrible. The laws your country has are making society go down hill even faster. Back your bags and move to Australia before it becomes against the law to hug your own child. A child that age doesn't understand what a detention is and would actually be very traumatized by the event. If I was told that my 5 year old was going to have an after school detention, I would be going straight to our local member of parliament and putting in a complaint. Children don't have enough of a child hood these days as it is and forcing them into more adult behaviours at this age can only cause harm. I will be posting the link from here on the parenting site I am on and seeing what the other mums there think about it. My dear, you may be losing the battle with the school, but the battle of support will win in the end. You have my anger at such an action and I'm sure the anger of many other mylotters behind you as well as the positive thoughts. Your child is precious and needs to know that she has done nothing wrong. I don't know how you can explain to her what the school is doing as I have never heard of this before.

That seems way too harsh. If my child were punished for something like that, I'd probably homeschool. They should be focusing on bullying more than hugging. I have seen bullies at my child's school get a slap on the wrist on more than one occasion. To me, that is more worrisome that children hugging.

That is ridicoulus!! Its pathetic of how the schools have deforemd these days... i belive that it happened it happened to a boy in my daughters kindergarten class last year, he too got suspened. there was this big ordeal about it and what not.. I agree the school systems have over done themselves on the less important issues and do absoulety nothing about the important issues! I hope your gonna go to the school and fight this!

Wow, that is waaay too strict. I would complain. I mean, hugging? What is wrong with them. Hugging is not public display of affection. Its a sign of friendship. And these people are in kindergarten! I mean, come ON!

this is very strange.. to be honest I would think about to change the school and kindergarten.. (I said I would THINK about it.. not that I would do it for sure).. never heard about something like that where I live and as I said.. this is very strange...

Youve got to be joking!If my daughter hugged another friend of the opposite gender and i got a note from the teacher saying what it said to you,you can be sure i would be at that school the very next day putting a complaint against the teacher to the principal.If the principal said something well i would absolutely go to the higher upper and they would have a piece of my mind and foot in the butt!lol.Is this teacher an oldie with old fashion ways behind her?Children at this age are just starting to make friends and have maybe some relative in the same school that they might go to and giving hugs is an affectionate way for them at this age.My daughter is four and a half and just started giving hugs to her new friends.She feels so good and is capable of giving love when she hugs and i dont want to stop her and no one else should be able to either.If there is parent teacher meetings or school meetings,i would bring this up to discuss in front of the other parents.Im sure you will get alot of positive reactions from the parents and put the teachers in their place where they should be put.This is what i would do in the meaning of the matter of the crazy detention note,its ridiculous!!I might be small but i say what i have to say even if its a teacher trying to make their big mucky muck.:)

Wow, I can't believe that. I don't have any children in school, in fact my daughters are 34 and 39, but that is the saddest thing I've ever heard. They're only little kids. What is the harm in this? Honestly, I'm at a loss for words. I don't know how to react to this nor do I have a good answer for you. It use to be when kids fight, there were warnings. Now, its going to be showing affection to a relative? I'm lost.

i understand having discipline in schools, but for stuff like kids being mean to other kids, fighting, sassing the teacher, etc. but i totally agree with you that the teacher went too far on this issue. if i were you, i would call the school board and file a complaint. if that doesn't resolve the issue, i would have my child placed in a different school. The school my son goes to, they don't give you notes like that for such little things

They should really worry about more important sutff rather than two kids hugging. I don't understand things like this. My child isn't in school yet but I hope that I never get a note like that.