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Originally Posted by toolman65
Not intervening when children become violent can have serious consequences for the child and the adult.
Your friend could face felony child abuse charges as well as a loss of custody for standing back and doing nothing.
Google "Krystina Woods" if you don't believe me.
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Oh my gosh! Well, that's something. I did not know that you could go to jail for this, but she was a daycare worker, so that's just wrong. Yikes!
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Originally Posted by lolagrace
No, I think you are right. I've managed to raise three sons who are pretty close now. Hurting each other was NEVER okay in our home, not that it didn't happen, but it was never condoned. Kids have to learn to respect others' physical and emotional space, even when they don't agree with them.
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Ok, that's good. I was starting to think I was taking crazy pills when I was talking about having kids DISCUSS their problems and work things out with WORDS. She was looking at me like I fart rainbows or something.