Child Restraint: Political Correctness Oversteps Reason
Has the world gone mad or was it just sloppy journalism? The Dominion Post (28.5.13) reported that the adult daughter of the supervisor of a childcare centre was banned from the premises for “inappropriately restraining” a child. The woman reportedly put her hand on the child’s arm to stop him from hitting another child.
The ban was at the behest of Ministry of Education officials. The centre’s management committee chairwoman is quoted as saying it was “a wake-up call”.
Based on the facts presented in the Dominion Post article, it’s certainly a wakeup call to the stupidity of not endorsing gentle restraint of a child to prevent violence towards another.
If I had a pre-schooler at the centre who was being physically threatened by another child I’d want someone like the now banned woman to be there to prevent my child being hit. And, if quick action was called for, I wouldn’t just want her to tell the child to stop. The child being hit is the victim, not the one being sensibly restrained.
Political correctness has been taken too far. Shame on the officials responsible.
The ban was at the behest of Ministry of Education officials. The centre’s management committee chairwoman is quoted as saying it was “a wake-up call”.
Based on the facts presented in the Dominion Post article, it’s certainly a wakeup call to the stupidity of not endorsing gentle restraint of a child to prevent violence towards another.
If I had a pre-schooler at the centre who was being physically threatened by another child I’d want someone like the now banned woman to be there to prevent my child being hit. And, if quick action was called for, I wouldn’t just want her to tell the child to stop. The child being hit is the victim, not the one being sensibly restrained.
Political correctness has been taken too far. Shame on the officials responsible.
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