Speaking of how much the state should interfere:

New York Police Handcuff First-Grader

A 7-year-old student in a special-education class in New York City was handcuffed by police after he became upset while decorating an Easter egg. Teachers at the Queens school say that first-grader Joseph Anderson didn't like the way his Easter egg turned out, and began to throw a tantrum. When teachers told him calmly that he needed to quiet down or be sent to the hospital, he jumped on his desk and screamed, "I just want my mommy!" He was then handcuffed and taken to the hospital by a New York City police officer, even though his mother was on her way to the school.

"He was crying and saying, 'I want Mommy,'" his mother, Jessica Anderson, said. "Why handcuff him? Why get the cops involved? He's only 7."

Good question. I have worked with children of that age, 2 adults to 20 kids, some of whom could be quite a handful. But I have never threathened them with hospital (!) nor sent for the police!!

What is this tendency??

http://www.care2.com/causes/educatio...nypd-handcuff/