my five year old son took a pair of scissors while being at school under teacher supervision and cut his hair

Question

Can I sue the school for allowing this to take place? He could have seriously hurt himself, and teacher called makeing light of the situation to so-call warn me when he comes home with plugs taken out of his head. I am totally against five year olds being unsupervised especially when it is my son. He could have seriously hurt himself.

The school has assumed responsibility when they had accepted the role as supervisor. ( i dont care if it is 100 kids to one teacher!) I am not a overprotective type parent but at 5 yrs old responsibility is not his (my son). Today it is his hair tomorrow it is his eye!

And to answer the question of what I would sue for, it would be for deadhead parents like you who do not report incidents and increase the probability of other kids getting seriously hurt. Just because your parents decided to laugh about the suicidal act you done as a child doesnt meant the your parents made the right choice. That did nothing but perpetuate the same dangerous act and eventually landed in my childs classroom with his teacher thinking its ok to turn her back on a room full of 5yr olds with scissors just because her mother let her do it when she was a child .

As fars as suggesting that a five year old child is responsible and if they do wind up hurting their self it was basically their own suicidal fault, tells me that you are the one who needs to be in a padded room with a custom jacket. five yr old children rely on supervisors to ensure their safety.

Since I posted this question all I have been rcving is flashbacks of people horrific past, as if their views of witch burning is somehow justified. The longer you allow that type of behavior to live in your child and all parties involve, the more you place your child in the threshhold of danger. The reason why complaints are effective is bcause they put attention to the problem and becomes a squeaky door hinge so to speak. If the door doesnt squeak the problem isnt recognized and just because it isnt recognized doesnt mean there is no problem. It amaze me how we as a people have become so unresponsible, so follow the leaderish scared to understand that the people we are burning are not witches. Wake up people! quit following your parents and become leaders, the world needs it.

Answer 1

I'm sure your son's school has safety scissors. I'm surprised he was even able to cut his hair with them. He must have pretty good manual dexterity. Just be proud of that instead of going on a sue-happy tirade.

Answer 2

My daughter did that last year when she was 6 at school.
I also got a call and she got in trouble at school- which she should. A school age child should know better.
You could try to sue the school I guess but I don't see what good could come of it- besides there being less money available for education if you win.
This is a "pick your battle" kind of thing. He wasn't hurt. He did something wrong and the teacher didn't catch it. If I were in charge of 15-30 kids I doubt I'd see every nose picked and crayon eaten either.
I hope his hair grows in soon!

LOL at your updates. I hope this is a joke... "suicidal act"
If you think that a kid cutting their hair is a suicidal act and your son did it then you need to be thinking more about therapy and less about lawsuits.
Volunteer in the classroom if you think there needs to be more supervision.
Is your son an only child? It really sounds like it... and that you're one of those really annoying "not MY baby" parents. Seriously. He isn't the center of the Universe. Figure that out quick before he adopts the attitude. The teacher was busy. She can't stare at your precious offspring all day long.

Answer 3

I doubt this is something worth suing the school over. I took care of two children, 13 and 7, and even then one managed to sneak off with a pair of scissors and cut her hair in the bathroom. That's with two children. I can hardly imagine a teacher who will have from 5 to 25 children in her classroom being able to monitor every child for every second of the day. Most children at some point attempt to cut their own hair. I remember doing it, and most of my friends have told me the same thing. I'm sure he was only given access to safety scissors at that age, so he wasn't in a tremendous amount of danger. Had he attempted to cut his finger or somebody else, that would be another story. I think the most you can do is go and talk to the teacher. Tell her that you are a little disturbed that he had the opportunity to use the scissors to cut his hair and that you would appreciate if she paid a little extra attention to him while he is using scissors. This isn't anything worth freaking out as much as you are. Years down the road you will look back and laugh.

Answer 4

My daughters 4 yrs old. Same thing happened when she was in preschool earlier this year. Be glad your is a boy his hair can be buzzed and look fine in a few weeks with a girl with long hair its another story. As for him being unsupervised I doubt that he was. The teacher probably has 15-20 kids in the class even when watching them when doing a project that requires using scissors its physically impossible to have your eye on every child at every second. I know I use to work at a preschool. No I dont think you will get antywhere suing them because he WAS NOT HURT. Maybe not now but when he's 20 it will be something you laugh about.

ADDED - Its parents like you that make me never want to go back to teaching ever again. Jesus Christ. I bet you've never taught in a classroom before. I hope your prepared to be sued yourself if your son ever cuts another childs hair, or takes a marker and draws on them, or heaven forbid accidently knocks someone over on the playground and gives them a bruise. You claim your not over protective???

Answer 5

Give me a break, can you sue? You could if you want to be an idiot. It takes about 20 seconds for a child to cut their hair with scissors. It sounds like she caught him in the act. So, there you have it, the teacher went less than 20 seconds without staring at your son.
Even when supervised, 5 year olds are 5 year olds.

Don't make a fool of yourself at the school by making a big deal about this. Take lots of pictures to chuckle at someday, ground your son from scissors at home, and be thankful that he didn't cut his friends' hair instead. Then parents might be lining up to sue you......

Answer 6

Personally, I do not think this is a lawsuit type of issue. My mother turned her back on me once for a second and I too cut my hair. Many children do this and it's just one of those things. I too would be interested to know if they were "real" or safety scissors. Nonetheless, I would just mark this one as a learning experience and make known to the teacher that supervision is the key to everyone's safety.

Answer 7

A five year old should know how to use kid-sized scissors without supervision. A five year old who would intentionally, seriously injure himself with scissors would have some severe problems that may need to be a addressed in a special education program.

Kids do cut their hair, it's normal.

You need to calm down.

Answer 8

you're able to ask his instructors advice, i'd additionally take him to work out a doctor. Act directly, and that i'm hoping you punished him for his poor behavoir. No offense, yet while i became right into a discern of the youngsters he harm i'd be very, very indignant. The longer you wait to restoration this subject the extra severe it gets. good luck.

Answer 9

if they were real scissors, i would make a big deal. if they were, like, safety scissors i wouldn't freak out that much. it's irritating. i wouldn't be happy. and, he's probably in a classroom with, what, 25 other kids and 1 teacher? that's got to be hard, to supervise that many 5 year olds by yourself....

Answer 10

What, exactly, would you sue for? Lost wages? Pain and suffering? Mental distress?

Kids do stuff. The teacher cannot possibly monitor every child for every second. I am sure he was using blunt end scissors, and he couldn't have hurt himself.