HeXeD775
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I need to run something by everyone. I teach my kids about firearms as a means of defense, hunting & how they can be used incorectly. The are also told trillions of times that school is place where there's little or no room for gun related happenings. My boys are age 10 & 7.
Yesterday my younger son was given an instruction by his teacher to go clean up some books whiel other students were also straightening up after some activity. Instead , according to the school admin, he went over to where there were blocks of some sort & decided to build something that resembles a gun & he went around the room pretending to shoot at some of the other kids & after he was done pretended to blow the smoke off the barrel like they do in some movies. He did get in a warning earlier this year for not following directions in his class only 1 other time this year but he has always been taught & never had issue w/ his behavior in school.
He was immediately punished by an in school suspension for the day & sent to the principal's office & having to call home about it, which I feel is an acceptable punishment. When initially questioned he said he saw some movie w/ his brother on TV that has a similar action, but couldn't name the movie. I still have yet to find out what motivated him to act like this.
My first issue w/ this situation is the school principal...she is not someone who is liked by many parents at the school but...when she called home & spoke to my wife she told her that my son was "shooting people like a terrorist" (I would beg to differ b/c he was never taught what terrorists do, he does however know my family were/are in military & I figure he might have been mocking them if anything). I have yet to hear back from his teacher for her side of the story. This principal will get an earfull for calling my kid a terrorist.
My second issue is that he just had his 7th birthday 2 weeks ago & 2 of his presents were a Nerf gun he had wanted the other was a .22 Cricket that he has been dying to go shoot, but due to the ranges not operating on our schedule this could not be done yet.
I desperaterly want all my kids to grow up respecting firearms and knives and to utilize them for the tools they are truly meant to be. My first instinct was to have his prized birthday gifts (Nerf & the .22) permanently taken away due to his actions knowing that would cut him pretty deep, but at the same time that can only hurt him in the long run. Taking things away only temporarily hasn't been very successful w/ him.
He knows this is serious b/c I normally yell when they do something wrong...but I was very calm & quiet & simply told him (in the few minutes I passed by him this afternoon) that things were not going to go well for him in this instance. He doesn't say he has any issues w/ any kids, & didn't seem to be specifically targeting anyone.
In my eyes, he's a little kid who proably saw something & was just acting out (most certainly in the wrong place)...but this cannot go unpunished. I am just curious how would you deal with your own in this instance?
Yesterday my younger son was given an instruction by his teacher to go clean up some books whiel other students were also straightening up after some activity. Instead , according to the school admin, he went over to where there were blocks of some sort & decided to build something that resembles a gun & he went around the room pretending to shoot at some of the other kids & after he was done pretended to blow the smoke off the barrel like they do in some movies. He did get in a warning earlier this year for not following directions in his class only 1 other time this year but he has always been taught & never had issue w/ his behavior in school.
He was immediately punished by an in school suspension for the day & sent to the principal's office & having to call home about it, which I feel is an acceptable punishment. When initially questioned he said he saw some movie w/ his brother on TV that has a similar action, but couldn't name the movie. I still have yet to find out what motivated him to act like this.
My first issue w/ this situation is the school principal...she is not someone who is liked by many parents at the school but...when she called home & spoke to my wife she told her that my son was "shooting people like a terrorist" (I would beg to differ b/c he was never taught what terrorists do, he does however know my family were/are in military & I figure he might have been mocking them if anything). I have yet to hear back from his teacher for her side of the story. This principal will get an earfull for calling my kid a terrorist.
My second issue is that he just had his 7th birthday 2 weeks ago & 2 of his presents were a Nerf gun he had wanted the other was a .22 Cricket that he has been dying to go shoot, but due to the ranges not operating on our schedule this could not be done yet.
I desperaterly want all my kids to grow up respecting firearms and knives and to utilize them for the tools they are truly meant to be. My first instinct was to have his prized birthday gifts (Nerf & the .22) permanently taken away due to his actions knowing that would cut him pretty deep, but at the same time that can only hurt him in the long run. Taking things away only temporarily hasn't been very successful w/ him.
He knows this is serious b/c I normally yell when they do something wrong...but I was very calm & quiet & simply told him (in the few minutes I passed by him this afternoon) that things were not going to go well for him in this instance. He doesn't say he has any issues w/ any kids, & didn't seem to be specifically targeting anyone.
In my eyes, he's a little kid who proably saw something & was just acting out (most certainly in the wrong place)...but this cannot go unpunished. I am just curious how would you deal with your own in this instance?