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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 32335" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Well, in my opinion, you, I and the cops have no business deciding which kids are sick and which ones aren't. I personally don't believe six year olds misbehave to that extreme just to cause trouble or to get their own way. I was a very troubled kid--probably had bipolar as a child, still do, raged, the whole nine yards, and I wanted to stop, but I couldn't. A trip to the cops, or a stern talking to, would have scared me because I never meant to be "bad" yet it seemed that I always was, however it wouldn't have changed me because I couldn't stop the raging. Now I didn't do it at school, but I did scream at school with horrible panic attacks and God knows if they would have interpreted that as misbehaving. I think the most proactive way to help kids that age is to get them help. This is a six year old, not a teenager. Let the people with the medical degrees decide what's wrong, not us. I've met too many cops who plain out don't believe mental illness is ever an excuse for "bad" behavior and I know first hand that sometimes you just can't help it, so I'd leave it in the hands of more knowledgeable people than law enforcement officials. Psychiatry and Neurology isn't their field, just like a psychiatrist couldn't make an arrest. I believe the school's first move, or the police, should be to get the child help, not take out a warrant. This is a kindergartner. That's really all I have to say about the topic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 32335, member: 1550"] Well, in my opinion, you, I and the cops have no business deciding which kids are sick and which ones aren't. I personally don't believe six year olds misbehave to that extreme just to cause trouble or to get their own way. I was a very troubled kid--probably had bipolar as a child, still do, raged, the whole nine yards, and I wanted to stop, but I couldn't. A trip to the cops, or a stern talking to, would have scared me because I never meant to be "bad" yet it seemed that I always was, however it wouldn't have changed me because I couldn't stop the raging. Now I didn't do it at school, but I did scream at school with horrible panic attacks and God knows if they would have interpreted that as misbehaving. I think the most proactive way to help kids that age is to get them help. This is a six year old, not a teenager. Let the people with the medical degrees decide what's wrong, not us. I've met too many cops who plain out don't believe mental illness is ever an excuse for "bad" behavior and I know first hand that sometimes you just can't help it, so I'd leave it in the hands of more knowledgeable people than law enforcement officials. Psychiatry and Neurology isn't their field, just like a psychiatrist couldn't make an arrest. I believe the school's first move, or the police, should be to get the child help, not take out a warrant. This is a kindergartner. That's really all I have to say about the topic. [/QUOTE]
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