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Filed under: Teens, Development/Milestones: Babies, Day Care & Education
Are your kids unruly? Do they have trouble following the rules? Do they talk too much? Well, if you're in Georgia, you've got an option you might not have thought of previously. Long known to be the handyman's cure-all for things that move and shouldn't, duct tape is apparently an acceptable means of controlling children as well.Last week, an assistant at an after-school program in Cobb County, Georgia used duct tape to tape a ten-year-old boy's mouth shut during a time-out. The boy's mother complained and the case was taken before a magistrate. The outcome? "It was determined there was no crime," said James Arrowood, director of public safety for Cobb schools.
This is good news because I've got two kids that would be a lot easier to take care of after a liberal dose of duct tape.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
10-05-2007 @ 11:15AM
LS said...WooHOO!!! The groundwork's been laid!! I'm going out this afternoon to buy a Velcro Suit and Velcro Wallpaper for my son!! Stick him to the wall for a few hours....
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10-05-2007 @ 12:27PM
Ethel said...In Oklahoma, we recently had a daycare shut down and it's owner arrested on murder charges because she duct taped a child's mouth shut at naptime. The child died. I think I'll keep my duct tape in the garage.
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10-05-2007 @ 1:44PM
Amanda said...I'm moving to georgia!
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10-05-2007 @ 1:48PM
DaMoKi Bob said...I use duct tape for everything but cooking, well, not everything, but more than I ever imagined - from car repairs to temporarily shunting the dryer exhaust through a basement window into my green house (for the last 4 years).
As for kids, I would "never" tape the mouth of a blathering, irritatingly obnoxious, snot-for-brains neighbor's child… I would take him to the woods and tape him to a tree.
Seriously, the taping of a child’s mouth, albeit effective in demonstrating the “behavior leads to consequences” concept, there is a small component of danger: the child might get sick, aspirate something, and die, which is a risk beyond taking. He may have committed no crime, but it would be appropriate for him to spend an afternoon in detention for bad judgment.
I am no fan of whiney, complaining parents unless there is something substantial about which to complain. In this case, if my kid’s mouth were taped, it would be me in front of a judge for taping the teacher assistant’s entire head.
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10-05-2007 @ 1:58PM
Ann Adams said...I don't care what some magistrate says (in Georgia or anywhere else). As far as I'm concerned, it's abuse.
I'll admit though, it's been tempting at times.
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10-05-2007 @ 3:22PM
Joy said...I had my mouth taped shut in 6th grade and have NEVER forgotten the humiliation. Did I deserve it?.. probably.....but standing in the hall or going to the principal would have been better.
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10-05-2007 @ 8:05PM
SKL said...Masking tape is usually sufficient to get the point across.
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11-22-2007 @ 12:30PM
K said...I would like to call parents attention to their possible lack of vigilance. In my daughter's intermediate school I was horrified to find that an annual "science experiment" was for the children to duct tape one another.Wrists bound or arms to sides or hands to feet, then they were to "adapt" and make their way to a peanut food source. What they would have done in a fire is anyone's guess.I was surprised that this was actually in a Science workbook, and further surprised that no one had ever questioned the physical or psychological safety of it. As a curriculum item, it was under no scrutiny except the teacher's.
Perhaps I am over protective, but I work with alot of adults who are still trying to make sense of their lives after early abuse. I encourage parents to pay attention to school projects and be bold about taking a stand if something doesn't feel right to them.
Ductaping children should never be allowed by anyone, in any form.
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