Another case of the Parents blame everyone but themselves and their kid.

[Danno 1,228]

Girl, 6, Handcuffed, Committed Because Of Classroom Behavior

Parents Call Measures Extreme, But Sheriff's Office Report Says Daughter Out Of Control

POSTED: 5:42 pm EST February 10, 2010

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Port St. Lucie first-grade student was handcuffed and committed to a mental health facility because of her classroom behavior, and her parents are furious that the school took such extreme measures.

Mickey Shalansky explained Wednesday what he said happened to his 6-year-old daughter at Parkway Elementary.

"She couldn't put her in two handcuffs because her wrists are that small, so she put them both in the same handcuff and left marks on my daughter's arms," Shalansky told WPBF 25 News' Bob Kaple.

But a St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office report paints a much different picture.

Deputies said his daughter, Haley, got upset and stormed out her classroom when her teacher asked her to do something. The report said it then escalated into a temper tantrum in the principal's office.

According to the incident report, a deputy said Haley was out of control. It said she "kicked the wall, went over to the desk and threw the calculator, electric pencil sharpener, telephone, container of writing utensils and other objects across the desk."

She was then handcuffed.

"I don't think it should have had to come to this -- you know, to put a little girl, 6 years old, 37 pounds in handcuffs and take her away in a police car," Shalansky said.

Even worse is what happened the next day, Haley's parents said.

A deputy was called to the school again after Haley had another tantrum in the classroom and principal's office.

The sheriff's report said she was yelling, throwing things and hit the principal, who is eight months pregnant. This time, she wasn't handcuffed. She was committed to a mental facility.

"I was terrified," mother Kathy Franklin said. "I left work crying, terrified. Where is my baby? What are they doing with my baby?"

Haley's parents said their daughter has a temper problem, but has no history of mental illness. Her mother said the school should have called her so she could pick up her daughter rather than have her committed.

"They have looked at her here," Franklin said of the New Horizons mental health facility. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with my child. I work in daycare. I know what a child that has problems -- you know, I know how to deal with them. I know what they act like."

Shalansky said to have his daughter committed is "just wrong."

The report also said the school has contacted Haley's parents several times about setting up a meeting to discuss her behavior, but they have never shown up.

Franklin said she was supposed to meet with school officials Tuesday but had to cancel because she had car problems.

Meanwhile, her parents have kept Haley and her sister home from school.

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[Ali G. 37]

This is becoming the norm. Instead of asking why their poorly raised six year old needs to be handcuffed, it's the fault of everyone else. I recently heard of a similar incident at a friend's school. Guess whose fault it was?

What do you expect when a parent can sue for anything and everything, yet a school system or teacher just has to take it. Yes, even when inadequate and pathetic parents fail to do their job.

"I was terrified," mother Kathy Franklin said. "I left work crying, terrified. Where is my baby? What are they doing with my baby?"

Moron..

[Ali G. 37]

Here is the get er done loser father..

[Ali G. 37]

Here is the scrag of a mother..

[SMOKE 1,426]

Here is the get er done loser father..

YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER POST MY PIC!!!

...i actually do have that exact t-shirt. 2000 bobby labonte championship tee....yah i'm gonna burn it now.

Edited February 12, 2010 by SMOKE

[Ali G. 37]

YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER POST MY PIC!!!

...i actually do have that exact t-shirt. 2000 bobby labonte championship tee....yah i'm gonna burn it now.

Dude, I don't know about what is going on with folks nowadays but had my parents been called to the school for something like this, I'd wish the police took me away. Once upon a time folks would actually feel embarrassed by such incidents. Nowadays, it the fault of everyone else. It's also why kids have zero respect for others, adults or authority.

Kid performs poorly in sport, yep the coaches fault..

Edited February 12, 2010 by Booyah

[Nagishkaw 510]

Dude, I don't know about what is going on with folks nowadays but had my parents been called to the school for something like this, I'd wish the police took me away.

You know that's right.

[Darnell 8,478]

Whoop!

Zero-Tolerance !!!

This is great news !!! (no, I'm not kidding).

[SMOKE 1,426]

Dude, I don't know about what is going on with folks nowadays but had my parents been called to the school for something like this, I'd wish the police took me away. Once upon a time folks would actually feel embarrassed by such incidents. Nowadays, it the fault of everyone else.

Kids does poorly in sport, yep the coaches fault..

i don't understand people today either. i would have been terrified when i was a kid if the school called my parents...coz i knew what was coming when i got home.

i'm actually feeling bad right now. i have that t-shirt & about 15-20 other nascar tees, i like nascar more than any other sport, i drive a p/u, i dip skoal, i drink bud light....dude, i'm a redneck.

[Calypso 464]

i don't understand people today either. i would have been terrified when i was a kid if the school called my parents...coz i knew what was coming when i got home.

Either some societies are evolving the wrong way or they are just devolving.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

You know that's right.

same here - i'd need police protection

[alienlovechild 75]

Here is the get er done loser father..

My sister lives in Port St. Lucie and I emailed her this story earlier in the day. The father looks like a typical resident for that area. He looks a bit more respectable than my former brother-in-law who pushed his mother out of moving car.

[Danno 1,228]

My Bro was a teacher at a special school for emotionally disturbed kids, they had a "Time-out Room" they could place kids in.

Now he works at another on one and the stories he tells are disturbing.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Either some societies are evolving the wrong way or they are just devolving.

Judging by some people's attitudes here, I'd definitely say devolving.

[Calypso 464]

Judging by some people's attitudes here, I'd definitely say devolving.

I sometimes think that way, too, but whenever I recall lessons from history like Alexander the Great banging men, the Khmer Rouge, or the Jewish Holocaust and other tragic events that were caused and done by people, these all happened in the past so I ask myself if the present society is getting more human or what. Are parents any better nowadays or prehistoric parents and parents centuries ago were ill for arranging marriages and manipulating their children and more?