A Chicago mother is outraged after discovering that her 6-year-old daughter was placed in handcuffs while at school.
Marlena Wordlaw said her 6-year-old daughter Madisyn Moore was pulled out of class at Fernwood Elementary for taking candy off of a teacher’s desk.
According to Wordlaw, her daughter was handcuffed under some stairs by a security guard at the school to teach her a lesson.
“They hurted,” Moore told NBC Chicago. “He snatched me out of my class. He made me get out in my handcuffs.”
Wordlaw, who showed up a little under an hour after getting the call that Madisyn had gotten in trouble, said she discovered her child in the undesired position.
“I said ‘why you have my baby in cuffs?’ He said, ‘because I’m trying to teach them to stop taking stuff that don’t belong to them’.”
“When he pulled her from under stairs she was crying,” Wordlaw said. “He told me ‘I’m doing my job, I’m trying to teach her a lesson’.”
Wordlaw said the principal apologized for the incident, but she did not accept it. CPS has not commented in the situation.
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So basically they're teaching kids lessons for stealing a candy bar by placing them in handcuffs. And I doubt this is the first time this has happened. Kids take things that aren't theirs but to do this to me is a bit extreme. As a kid I took things that weren't mine, but when I got I trouble I got a whooping. Yep, when I was six i went to school that allowed paddling. Funny thing is I went to a CPS school at that age. I guess since paddling in school is frowned upon across the board fa there must be some way to show punishment towards children.
What happened to a good old fashioned scolding from the teacher? The involvement of a security guards period wasn't necessary from the get go. How do y'all think the situation of a kid taking some candy should have been handled ?
Marlena Wordlaw said her 6-year-old daughter Madisyn Moore was pulled out of class at Fernwood Elementary for taking candy off of a teacher’s desk.
According to Wordlaw, her daughter was handcuffed under some stairs by a security guard at the school to teach her a lesson.
“They hurted,” Moore told NBC Chicago. “He snatched me out of my class. He made me get out in my handcuffs.”
Wordlaw, who showed up a little under an hour after getting the call that Madisyn had gotten in trouble, said she discovered her child in the undesired position.
“I said ‘why you have my baby in cuffs?’ He said, ‘because I’m trying to teach them to stop taking stuff that don’t belong to them’.”
“When he pulled her from under stairs she was crying,” Wordlaw said. “He told me ‘I’m doing my job, I’m trying to teach her a lesson’.”
Wordlaw said the principal apologized for the incident, but she did not accept it. CPS has not commented in the situation.
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So basically they're teaching kids lessons for stealing a candy bar by placing them in handcuffs. And I doubt this is the first time this has happened. Kids take things that aren't theirs but to do this to me is a bit extreme. As a kid I took things that weren't mine, but when I got I trouble I got a whooping. Yep, when I was six i went to school that allowed paddling. Funny thing is I went to a CPS school at that age. I guess since paddling in school is frowned upon across the board fa there must be some way to show punishment towards children.
What happened to a good old fashioned scolding from the teacher? The involvement of a security guards period wasn't necessary from the get go. How do y'all think the situation of a kid taking some candy should have been handled ?