Did we ever get an update?

goofyteacher

On the inappropriate touching at school?

EastCoastBride

I doubt we will.

RobinSparkles214

Nope. I'm really hoping that after sleeping on it and reading our responses she has had a change of heart.

polling

I see a couple of issues with the OP's situation.

1.  Her husband is an attorny.  He doesn't look at events with common sense, he looks at events from a legal standpoint.  As soon as I read they had involved the police ahead of talking to the school you could tell the whole thing was going to get blown out of proportion.

2. As parents we need to know what to react to and how to react to it.  Constantly looking for third parties to tell us how to handle things reeks of a culture that has lost its way.  These are the kind of parents who will sue the city if their child is injured on a playground.

3. The story keeps changing.  This may be due to the fact that is a 5 year old reporting the events or it may be due to the OP revising the story to prop up her reaction.

 

justEK

I'm still waiting, but I won't hold my breath. 

I guess we'll see her when she comes back with some other crazy story. 

goofyteacher

I guess it will go down as one of life's mysteries.  I just know how horrified I would be by their reaction as a teacher and I can assure you it would be the talk of the teacher's lounge and not in favor of these crazy parents.

EastCoastBride

polling:

1.  Her husband is an attorny.  He doesn't look at events with common sense, he looks at events from a legal standpoint.  As soon as I read they had involved the police ahead of talking to the school you could tell the whole thing was going to get blown out of proportion.

I didn't know he was an attorney.  I kind of said this in the other post, but to be more blunt - I wouldn't be surprised if at some point the school asks THEM to leave.  Maybe not over this situation, but what about the next time something happens to one of their kids?  If they react in a similar fashion, I can see the school, in an effort to protect itself, asking THEM to leave.  I don't know if the school would have legal footing to do that or not, but... I wonder.

ccm1203

polling:

I see a couple of issues with the OP's situation.

1.  Her husband is an attorny.  He doesn't look at events with common sense, he looks at events from a legal standpoint.  As soon as I read they had involved the police ahead of talking to the school you could tell the whole thing was going to get blown out of proportion.

2. As parents we need to know what to react to and how to react to it.  Constantly looking for third parties to tell us how to handle things reeks of a culture that has lost its way.  These are the kind of parents who will sue the city if their child is injured on a playground.

3. The story keeps changing.  This may be due to the fact that is a 5 year old reporting the events or it may be due to the OP revising the story to prop up her reaction.

 

  Ding, Ding, Ding. 

shouldbworkin

polling:

I see a couple of issues with the OP's situation.

1.  Her husband is an attorny.  He doesn't look at events with common sense, he looks at events from a legal standpoint.  As soon as I read they had involved the police ahead of talking to the school you could tell the whole thing was going to get blown out of proportion.

That is complete BS.  I am an attorney and would never do what he did.  Most attorneys learn in law school that children that young are not criminally or civilly responsible for their behavior.  It's covered in the first few weeks of tort and crim law.  That's the part of the story I understood the least.  

j-w

shouldbworkin:

polling:

I see a couple of issues with the OP's situation.

1.  Her husband is an attorny.  He doesn't look at events with common sense, he looks at events from a legal standpoint.  As soon as I read they had involved the police ahead of talking to the school you could tell the whole thing was going to get blown out of proportion.

That is complete BS.  I am an attorney and would never do what he did.  Most attorneys learn in law school that children that young are not criminally or civilly responsible for their behavior.  It's covered in the first few weeks of tort and crim law.  That's the part of the story I understood the least.  

I totally believe that lawyers learn that in law school.  But, I don't think every attorney practices every thing they've learned to the letter. 

We currently have a parent using the attorney line because she paid $200 for a silent auction item (signed/framed class photos) that has recently been offered (UNsigned/UNframed) as a new fundraiser for $25 because the response was so overwhelming.  Hence, her $200 winning bid at the silent auction.  She dropped the attorney line over a not for profit fundraiser, even after the PTO offered to refund her the difference since she was so fired up!  So, in all honesty, when emotions are involved, I have NO DOUBT that the attorney in people comes up in crazy ways.

AnnapolisLari

Or perhaps her husband is humoring her because he has to live with the crazy.

goofyteacher

EastCoastBride:

polling:

1.  Her husband is an attorny.  He doesn't look at events with common sense, he looks at events from a legal standpoint.  As soon as I read they had involved the police ahead of talking to the school you could tell the whole thing was going to get blown out of proportion.

I didn't know he was an attorney.  I kind of said this in the other post, but to be more blunt - I wouldn't be surprised if at some point the school asks THEM to leave.  Maybe not over this situation, but what about the next time something happens to one of their kids?  If they react in a similar fashion, I can see the school, in an effort to protect itself, asking THEM to leave.  I don't know if the school would have legal footing to do that or not, but... I wonder.

I'm not sure if this is a private or a public school, but a public school can not ask children to leave.  They may try to discuss if they are the best fit for a child's needs but it would be illegal to ask them to leave.

However, I have no doubt the reason the school is being so tight lipped is because of the pure craziness of this situation and the odds of moving a child out of classroom at this point in the year is absurd.  It's also annoying when parents think that they have the right to know what is happening with so-and-so's child.  Hello, privacy laws!

MaxandRuby

There will be no update because she isn't being told what she wants to hear (that they are doing everything right and good by "sticking it" to a FIVE YEAR OLD). While I get mama bear mode or even potentially being convinced a RO is the way to go by my lawyer husband, one of them need to realize that you don't put a RO on a FIVE YEAR OLD. Seriously.

And if they are really so damn up in arms about it, then THEY should pull THEIR kids from that school and put them in a new one. Because obviously that school can do no right.....right?!

I'm still shaking my head by the lengths they've gone. All they are doing is giving themselves and their daughter (and potentially their son) a bad rep. The teachers agree so as not to upset them anymore but you know they are all "OMG can you BELIEVE WTF they are doing" in the teacher lounge conversations. They really have taken this so far out of proportion that there aren't even words for it.

ETA: Does anyone else think it is humorous (possibly the wrong word) that this all started out as poor girl but now everyone is very much poor, poor, poor boy? Exactly the opposite of what she was probably hoping for. And before people attack me, I do feel bad that this has happened to the girl and the boy. It wasn't appropriate but that is where parental teaching comes in.

L D

I have been checking back to see if she has had him sent off to juvenile detention yet.  I feel bad for the little boy in this situation.  The OP is crazy for sure and has gone way past the mamma bear instinct we all have deep inside us. 

Not to down play this event (because it is a sucky situation for both chikdren) but can you imagine how she is going to react when something really serious happens to her children?  Something that was intentional and not normal 5yr old behavior.   Also in the long run she is alienating her kids.  You know the teachers will she then as "crazy moms kids".   

We probably won't see an update because she isn't hearing us all cheer on her crazy ott actions to drag this poor kid through the mud.