I heard this today. Apparently teachers are so afraid of being sued, they cannot even hold toddlers who cry after a fall, or pat a student on the back for doing well at school.
Is it really so bad in American schools?
2007-12-06 00:02:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
this past summer i worked in a camp, and the first thing they told us was that we werent allowed to pick up hug or even have the kids sit on your laps. i think the rule makes sense because sadly there are a lot of people put there who would do something creepy to a child that they care for, but it really is annoying when all you want to do is comfort the child who got hurt or give someone a hug if they are upset.
2007-12-06 00:07:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! They are afraid of ending up in jail! There was a big case (I believe in the 80s) of a family run daycare that was shut down and they all went to prison! What started out as a man changing a pair of wet pants became a media storm of allegations of sexual perversions like you could not believe! After the police and police psychologists got done with these kids they were telling horror stories of being raped with silverware and so on! It was ridiculous! That's America...my home sweet home!
2007-12-06 05:38:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard this, but I don't doubt it. The moral decline in our nation is making rules like this necessary. It's terrible that the descent people of the world have to suffer for all the criminals and sickos out there.
2007-12-06 00:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by Texas Pineknot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the overreaction to various other things.
The fear caused by the scandals of teachers doing things to or with their students has led the US to overreact.
People do rash things when they are scared, they take things to an extreme.
2007-12-06 00:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by Yun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not true
2007-12-06 00:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋