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<blockquote data-quote="WearyWoman" data-source="post: 386036"><p>Susie - You're right in that other kids were involved in this incident, but the other boy only complained about and blamed JT. So, the other boys were not disciplined at all. However, I don't doubt that of the kids involved, JT was the one getting the most carried away. Even at home, if he starts tickling Bubby, he gets too carried away. Even after Bubby is done wanting to be tickled, JT will keep it up until somebody tells him to stop. He doesn't have good "brakes" in his mind. He has always been that way. I think getting carried away is stimulating to him, and with his underaroused nervous system, he craves that. As a toddler, he would smash his toy cars to pieces with rocks just to see them break. He wasn't being mean really, but it was interesting to him. Playing with things in the usual way was never stimulating enough. So getting carried away has always been a problem for him.</p><p> </p><p>The coach claims he was unaware of any of this stuff and has no desire to monitor kids in the locker room. The coach isn't the one who turned in JT. It was the parent of the other boy who turned in JT and not to the coach, but to the athletic director. We reported JT's problems in the past to his coach who tried to handle it without formal discipline. And, we never pushed the matter with the administration because JT didn't want us to do that. In the current situation with JT, JT did not initially intend to bring any harm to the other boy. It started out as goofing off and snapping towels/throwing soap. When JT was harassed in the past, it was more of the traditional bullying scenario where the older teammates would swear at him and physically threaten him, etc. They called him and left obscene messages on his phone, told his team members to call him names too, and they hit his head into the lockers, etc. It was more overt hatred all around, I guess you could say. However, JT and other freshman were also hazed mildly when they were younger.</p><p> </p><p>The first step toward a more safe and healthy environment is for the school to acknowledge that there is a problem. I suppose that means blame of some sort, and that's why they don't want to admit this problem exists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WearyWoman, post: 386036"] Susie - You're right in that other kids were involved in this incident, but the other boy only complained about and blamed JT. So, the other boys were not disciplined at all. However, I don't doubt that of the kids involved, JT was the one getting the most carried away. Even at home, if he starts tickling Bubby, he gets too carried away. Even after Bubby is done wanting to be tickled, JT will keep it up until somebody tells him to stop. He doesn't have good "brakes" in his mind. He has always been that way. I think getting carried away is stimulating to him, and with his underaroused nervous system, he craves that. As a toddler, he would smash his toy cars to pieces with rocks just to see them break. He wasn't being mean really, but it was interesting to him. Playing with things in the usual way was never stimulating enough. So getting carried away has always been a problem for him. The coach claims he was unaware of any of this stuff and has no desire to monitor kids in the locker room. The coach isn't the one who turned in JT. It was the parent of the other boy who turned in JT and not to the coach, but to the athletic director. We reported JT's problems in the past to his coach who tried to handle it without formal discipline. And, we never pushed the matter with the administration because JT didn't want us to do that. In the current situation with JT, JT did not initially intend to bring any harm to the other boy. It started out as goofing off and snapping towels/throwing soap. When JT was harassed in the past, it was more of the traditional bullying scenario where the older teammates would swear at him and physically threaten him, etc. They called him and left obscene messages on his phone, told his team members to call him names too, and they hit his head into the lockers, etc. It was more overt hatred all around, I guess you could say. However, JT and other freshman were also hazed mildly when they were younger. The first step toward a more safe and healthy environment is for the school to acknowledge that there is a problem. I suppose that means blame of some sort, and that's why they don't want to admit this problem exists. [/QUOTE]
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