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Handcuffs and Discipline for Kids

Parenting Myths and Old Wives Tales

By , About.com Guide

Updated April 30, 2005

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A teacher needs help with an out of control kindergartner...

That might not seem to be an unlikely situation, since even the most well behaved five or six year old can still have an occasional temper tantrum when they don't get their way.

You wouldn't expect kids at this age to have a tantrum that is so bad that they are climbing on furniture, destroying an office, throwing things and hitting a principal though, would you?

How about an out of control kindergartner who is taken out of school in handcuffs by police...

Could that really happen?

Is this story of a kindergartner in handcuffs real or an urban legend?

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