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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 468620" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Sorry - I'm going to have to call child abuse on this one. Duct taping a child? Giving someone else's medication? Nope - not acceptable under any circumstances. I'm really horrified that Dad thinks it was a situation that just got "blown out of proportion." </p><p></p><p>Someone in the home called 911 - they knew help was on the way. Kid is threatening to throw a brick? You do the same thing we've all done with- sibs when difficult children are out of control - get people out of the way. </p><p></p><p>We dealt with- similar scenarios with- thank you back in the bad old days. Absolutely, I restrained him - using a therapeutic hold/restraint that we were trained to use by his therapist - until officers/EMT arrived. When he got too big, I simply removed myself and other kids and waited for backup. </p><p></p><p>The safety issues alone leave me speechless - picture your difficult child in the rage to beat all rages - now picture yourself duct taping him/her without someone getting injured - *now* picture force feeding a medication without losing fingers or choking the kid. They are extremely lucky no one did get hurt.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully the family will get the supports they obviously desperately need as a result of this - but, in my book, losing custody of all their kids, even temporarily, is way too high a price to pay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 468620, member: 8"] Sorry - I'm going to have to call child abuse on this one. Duct taping a child? Giving someone else's medication? Nope - not acceptable under any circumstances. I'm really horrified that Dad thinks it was a situation that just got "blown out of proportion." Someone in the home called 911 - they knew help was on the way. Kid is threatening to throw a brick? You do the same thing we've all done with- sibs when difficult children are out of control - get people out of the way. We dealt with- similar scenarios with- thank you back in the bad old days. Absolutely, I restrained him - using a therapeutic hold/restraint that we were trained to use by his therapist - until officers/EMT arrived. When he got too big, I simply removed myself and other kids and waited for backup. The safety issues alone leave me speechless - picture your difficult child in the rage to beat all rages - now picture yourself duct taping him/her without someone getting injured - *now* picture force feeding a medication without losing fingers or choking the kid. They are extremely lucky no one did get hurt. Hopefully the family will get the supports they obviously desperately need as a result of this - but, in my book, losing custody of all their kids, even temporarily, is way too high a price to pay. [/QUOTE]
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