Spank him!

[Betty]

Suspended For No Spanking

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - A six-year-old boy has been suspended from a Christian school in Illinois after his mother refused to spank him.

That's according to the mother. Michelle Fallaw-Gabrielson says her son had been piling up disciplinary notes for such offenses as talking out of turn, chewing gum, and bringing toys to school.

She says she knew he was a disciplinary problem, but she never anticipated what occurred on Wednesday. She says when she arrived at Schaumburg Christian School to pick the boy up, an assistant administrator ordered her to spank him. When she refused, the official said her son was suspended.

The next day, the mother withdrew the first-grader from the school


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What do you think of that!? I know that any school that "ordered" me to do *anything* would get an earful. Just where do schools get off thinking that they can tell parents to spank their kids. Now - I haven't spanked in a long time - but both my kids have been spanked before. However, I woudn't think of spanking them for bringing toys to school or talking out of turn. I say that the guy that ordered the Mom to spank should be spanked himself. Or maybe he'd like that.

How 'bout you? Your child's school ever "order" you to do something?

[Gemini Cricket]

The mother did the right thing. And no school, private or otherwise, should ever dictate anything to a parent. Especially spanking a kid. Yuck.

[mhrc4]

should have spanked the assistant administrator, upside the head.

if you ask me.

[dsnylndmom]

Oh that's just wrong, no school is going to tell me when and where to spank my child.

[Ghoulish Delight]

For the record, she KNEW the school had that policy. They make enrolees sign an agreement. The mother claims she didn't sign the agreement because she does not believe in spanking, but I highly doubt that. If she hadn't, either the school wouldn't have allowed them in, or they would have had to make some other deal as to how to handle it. There's no way they have that policy and then just kinda let someone not sign it.

[tracilicious]

I agree with GD. While I think it is an idiotic policy for a school to have, it is a private Christian school that appears to state it's policies plainly in the handbook. The article I read said that the mother claimed to know about the policy, but that it didn't say anything about suspension. My bet is that the mother knew the policy and disagreed with it, but like the academic program at the school and didn't figure she would ever have a problem. I would have done the same thing in her shoes though as far as withdrawing him. Not that you'd catch me enrolled in that school in the first place.

[Tref]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

For the record, she KNEW the school had that policy. They make enrolees sign an agreement. The mother claims she didn't sign the agreement ...

Hmm, this is interesting peek into the mind-set of a few of you. Well, she has to beat her child, I mean, she did sign the papers right? That's legal binding stuff, that is! Methinks I am not the only one here who has signed schoolastic entry forms without fully reading each clause ... Even still, I would have taken the administrator aside and told him what I was going to do with that contract is he ever asked me to hit my child again. Then again, I might not have been so polite.

She did the right thing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Tref

Hmm, this is interesting peek into the mind-set of a few of you. Well, she has to beat her child, I mean, she did sign the papers right? That's legal binding stuff, that is! Methinks I am not the only one here who has signed schoolastic entry forms without fully reading each clause ... Even still, I would have taken the administrator aside and told him what I was going to do with that contract is he ever asked me to hit my child again. Then again, I might not have been so polite.

She did the right thing.

Sorry, but she knew the rules coming in. I'm not saying I agree with it, and I would never sign my child up for a school like that, but that's part of the agreement she made with the school. She can take it or leave it. She chose to leave it, and that's fine. I'm baffled why she would have signed up for that school in the first place. I don't care how good the education is, if they told me, "You are going to have to sign a paper that says you will do something that you completely disagree with," I wouldn't enroll my kid.

And spankin' ain't beatin'. Spanking has long been upheld in courts as not child abuse. So if a private entity wants to require a legal act part of their rules for entry, they have every right to.

[Tref]

GD, I think you'd make a fine office supervisor. Myself, I would have signed it anyway. I don't care. I'll deal with each issue as it is presented to me. Until then, the kid gets a good edu-macation.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Tref

GD, I think you'd make a fine office supervisor. Myself, I would have signed it anyway. I don't care. I'll deal with each issue as it is presented to me. Until then, the kid gets a good edu-macation.

But this lady never said, "I didn't know about the policy." She claims she never signed it. I'm not buying it. The spanking rule is part of the school's overall agreement, not a separate thing to sign. There's no WAY a school lets someone in without signing the agreement. And, according to administrators, they specifically mention the spanking thing and tell them that the other option is suspension. So she knew about it, and enrolled him anyway. I can't sympathize with her tears and outrage for dealing with exactly what she was told she would have to deal with.