Six year old girl arrested

@Caila611 (992)
United States
March 30, 2007 12:40pm CST
A six year old girl was arrested at her school after hitting and biting her teacher. The school officials tried to calm her down but she was having none of it so they called the police. She was still yelling and screaming when she was put into the squad car. She was processed in jail just like an adult and charged with assault and battery. Are our children truly that out of control? Her mother said that she has never acted this way before. But the school said that this was the second time this week they had to deal with her screaming, hitting, and biting. What are your thoughts on this?
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
1 Apr 07
A six year old???? That poor child! Did they even call the mother to come to the school to try to get her child under control first before calling the police? What type of cop takes a child 6 yrs old and processes the child as an adult? If they want to set an example to the child with the parents consent...ok. But do not actually process the child. Obviously the child needs help. How many children at the age of 6 yrs old actually throw a temper tantrum? Lots! And if this is the second time this week...and school has been in session this long...it sounds to me as if it is a recent problem also. I would want to be finding out what is happening that is making this child act this way. Because for a child to suddenly change their behavior...something is up and someone needs to find out what. And that is not accomplished by putting the child in a police car and processing her like an adult. Please tell me the story ends with the child getting some help that is obviously needed.
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• Philippines
1 Apr 07
Why would they have to process the child in jail like an adult? she is just a child for christ sake! I really do think that is inappropriate to do that to a child..no wonder kids nowadays are turning like her its because of the people around them. Who's to blame with this kind of children? Who nurture them? who teaches them? who introduced them to a lots of things? I think its the people that take care of them ( if they really do)..plus the people around them.
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• United States
31 Mar 07
personaly i feel this mother is lying and the child learned this behaviour somewhere probably at home children imitate what they see and she saw this somewhere !
• Nigeria
31 Mar 07
sadly abt her arrest abt i dnt really know wat to say right nw but she desever to be arrest since her mother said that she have not acter like this before maybe there is something wrong there and the school shold properly ask the teacher wat she did to her becos she can not just start screeming and bit her teaher without soemthing wrong so should try and ask the teacher wat really went wrong and wat he did to the student...
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• Nigeria
31 Mar 07
sadly abt her arrest abt i dnt really know wat to say right nw but she desever to be arrest since her mother said that she have not acter like this before maybe there is something wrong there and the school shold properly ask the teacher wat she did to her becos she can not just start screeming and bit her teaher without soemthing wrong so should try and ask the teacher wat really went wrong and wat he did to the student...
@fay511 (43)
• United States
31 Mar 07
First of all if she never behaved this way at home then I'd like to know what happened at school to cause it. Esp. since it happened twice in one week with same teacher! Are the parents to easy on her? Did teacher do something? Was it another kid and teacher wouldn't listen? Does the girl have chemical imbalance as someone brought up? Maybe parents haven't recoginized the signs. Secondly I agree with a lot of others, why weren't parents called before the police? How could they charge a 6 yr old child? I really can't understand this. It seems to me they'd have to send her for psych eval before they could do anything to her for this. I sincerly hope this has a better outcome then it has so far! Will certainly be praying for this little girl.
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@shrekk (561)
• Pakistan
31 Mar 07
I don't know, this story could be true or a false one. If it's true, I don't think they needed to call the police for this, just the parents would have done, but again, we never know what actually happened and what came out in the papers.
• Pakistan
31 Mar 07
there should b some really good reason as her mother said she hasnt done it b4 may b its teacher fault
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@jen20619 (1300)
• Ireland
31 Mar 07
I think its disgraceful what this girl done to her teacher and it was right she was arrested.I think this should be taken very seriously by the school and she needs to be punished in a proper manner for her crime.
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• India
31 Mar 07
That's a terrible decision to arrest 6 years girl who doesn't know the meaning of jail correctly. It is the parents who have to tame the girl properly and put her in the right way
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• United States
31 Mar 07
Sounds to me like this little girl was not bieng disciplined by her parents. They probably don't know how to deal with her themselves. If it was the second time this week that child was out of conrtol like that, then there is a real problem there. Even once is too much. i can't even imagine. Sounds to me like these parents need to call the Spernanny, Jo Frost.
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• Canada
31 Mar 07
I'm dumbfounded that a school would call the police on a 6 year old child. Back when I was in school, if we misbehaved badly, our parents were called for to take us home and be punished. Then we were punished by the school. I know teachers have a hard job and they're paid next to nothing, but why couldn't the school have called the girls parents instead of the police? I can't imagine charging a 6 year old with crimes such as assault and battery. It's terribly sad that this is what society has come down to.
• United States
31 Mar 07
I think this is where a child seriously needs counseling. I think arresting her as a means of teaching her a lesson is a great idea. I think that arresting her for real is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. The child is obviously either having a psychological problem that needs to be addressed ... and for the parents to suggest that she never acts this way at home: they ALSO have a psychological problem that needs to be addressed and it's called "denial."
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@lindajia (70)
• China
31 Mar 07
I don't think the polices should do that , the teacher must have done something wrong with the girl! kids are naive, there is no kid in the world want to hurt others!!!
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@missybal (4490)
• United States
31 Mar 07
I'm shocked they actually told the child to jail. How on earth though could they charge a six year old though. I would think all they would do is a little scare tatic and were was the mother. If she didn't do that sort of thing at home then their must be some reason that she is doing it in school? What did the teacher ever do to her? That just has me full of questions that I really wish I could get answers to.
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@Foxxee (3651)
• United States
31 Mar 07
I don't even see how this even happened. Doesn't make sense to me. Was this on the news? The school is suppose to call the parents to come pick a child up when acting out like this and if they can't get a hold of a parent then they get a hold of the next person a the pick up list and once again if this doesn't work, then they call a social worker to take the child in care until the parent can get off work. That happened at my daughters school with a 8 year old. A parent should always be contacted first.
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
31 Mar 07
That is such a sad story- I've never seen any child act out this way.. To that extent. Sure I've seen kids throw fits- Thankfully not mine- Throw themself on the floor - kick and scream- But never did I say a child acting that way towards an adult. That girls parents have got a real handful on their hands- I only hope that they try to stop this kind of behavior-- From the sounds of it- they are in denial-- I hope someone steps in and helps this child out. I can't imagine how she will be in 5-10 years. It's scarey.
• United States
31 Mar 07
HOW SAD! I think its even more sad that her parents couldnt control her enough and this is what it came down to. That is horrible. Its rare, but violent people can come from people who are violent. Wonder if the parents didnt upset her or do something to her too. That would be sad to find that one out if its true.
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• India
31 Mar 07
this s bcz materisaation of our lif as parents dont kno abt truthabout thr childrens as thy dont get time from thr so called money adventure and neglect children but yeah the way police treated girl is not recommended either thr r othr ways t deal with children
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• United States
30 Mar 07
This is absolutely ridiculous. I think she got what she deserved. Kids these days are out of control. I was listening to lex and terry this morning and they were talking about a couple of ten year olds and a seventeen year old beat the crap out of a 50 something year old homeless man with pieces of concrete. These kids need to be made an example of and show the rest of the world how people should act. Parents are getting too lazy.
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