Carson City, CA just approved an ordinance which can charge kindergarteners with misdemeanors for bullying.
It covers not only physical bullying, but name-calling, spreading rumors and bullying online.
First-time offenders would be fined $100. A second infraction would cost $200, and a third-time offense could result in a criminal misdemeanor charge.
Talk about insane state control over our kids!
Stupid… For Heaven sakes all children act up and behave badly .That is how they learn not to do these things. Stand in a corner or sit with no talking or no desserts or no playing outside for a couple of days.Punish these kids at the time of the misbehaving. take away there favorite toy..
The uneducated “educated” Cali’s. Poor kids!!
We are so civilized that we are uncivilized. This social experiment is a disaster, as if spanking was so horrific, and a sinister zero-tolerance bureaucracy is so kind and gentle. Elementary school age kids are not going to appreciate the far reaching consequences and excessive stigma that goes along with criminal history. What they do understand is: pain, right now. Corporal punishment worked. Spanking is swift, done and over with no lingering record.
Too many parents want the schools to teach their children all they will need to know in life, in turn the schools want the justice system to handle discipline. Stop passing the damn buck!
We are so civilized that we are uncivilized. This social experiment is a disaster, as if spanking was so horrific, and a sinister zero-tolerance bureaucracy is so kind and gentle. Elementary school age kids are not going to appreciate the far reaching consequences and excessive stigma that goes along with a criminal history. What they do understand is: pain, right now. Pain in the form of revoked privileges like treats, or recess, or yes–a spanking, if the offense warrants it and no other method gets through. Corporal punishment worked. Discipline at the time of the incident is swift, much more effective at correcting and preventing future problem behavior, and is done and over–with no lingering record.
California who?
I THINK THAT JUST WONDERFUL RAISE YOU KIDS TO HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHER AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. REGARDS, A RETIRED MARINE. REGARDS
communist LA LA land on the move again. Don’t know how to fix the states problems so do something stupid.
I believe anyone under the age of 8 years old is incapable of committing a crime. Per the Cal penal code. Sounds like a lawsuit(s) are coming!
These IDIOTS have been drinking the kool-aid again.