Sex abuse in church

[caseysmom]

^^ I cannot tolerate hearing stories like that! It makes me so fearful of J being in school. I am sure I would have done the same thing as you. I have this particular hang-up with kids going to the bathroom. At J's school, they have unlimited access to the bathroom. They take the pass and just leave the room. There is only 1 pass for each gender, so, it is one at a time. But, there isn't any asking permission. I am not sure how it will happen later on in the upper grades, but, I really, really, really hope it is still as easy as it is now. His teacher has told me that she finds it teaches the child about responsibility and sees much less abuse of the process this way. Not total lack of abuse, and she does monitor it, but sometimes, kids 'need' an escape for a few minutes. A lot like adults.

I hear these stories about kids being denied access to the potty and it infuriates me.

That happened in first grade for my daughter, my husband had to go to the school with an extra change of clothes. I met with the teacher and we worked it out.

[wombat2u2004]

That happened in first grade for my daughter, my husband had to go to the school with an extra change of clothes. I met with the teacher and we worked it out.

I can remember an incident that happened to me when I was about 8 years old. I was in class and felt really sick. I asked the teacher if I could go outside because I was feeling sick.....she said no....about a minute later I vomited all over the floor. She made me clean it up.

[RICHARD]

I can remember an incident that happened to me when I was about 8 years old. I was in class and felt really sick. I asked the teacher if I could go outside because I was feeling sick.....she said no....about a minute later I vomited all over the floor. She made me clean it up.

Moderation, mate.

You Aussies start young.

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We used to have phy ed once a week and it consisted of a guy in sweat pants coming out and making everyone line up by classes, 1-8 and do warmups, jumping jacks, push-ups.....

You were not allowed to talk during the class. I was standing in front of two idiots who were talking and the 'coach' looks at me and says, "Go back inside, you were talking...." I told him I didn't say anything and he answered, "NOW YOU ARE..."

I went back to my class and had to take the ruler across the hands for being sent back. Boy, was I ticked.....

Most of the time a swat or two wasn't a huge deal. If you were smart, it made you realize that you could not act/be stupid.

There were a few times that the sentence was far worse than the crime.

Our school had lay teachers and nuns.

Some of the nuns were nothing but bullies, they were mean, nasty, brutal and sadistic. And it was always the older ones that were the biggest AHs.

The 'nun dress code' had just changed and the newer crop didn't have to dress like Sister Bertrille. so they were cool and hip. The older ones were really ticked about that they took it out on the kids.

God, those were the days!

[wombat2u2004]

Moderation, mate.
You Aussies start young.

Errrrrrr....I only had a nip or two with Kathy behind the dunny.

[Marigold2]

OMG I would have never lasted Richard. If a nun hit me I would have turned around and smacked her back. B**** slap baby.
I still don't understand why parents allowed their children to be beaten.
I am so confused.
What is this crazy cult like hold they have over people where they can abuse your child and the parent does not do anything?
If someone hit my kids, oh so confused.

[wombat2u2004]

What is this crazy cult like hold they have over people where they can abuse your child and the parent does not do anything?

It's called "FEAR"

[smokey the elder]

Along with the instinct stuff (a couple of pages ago) I forgot to put in the whole power-over-others aspect. This is gender-independent and may come out in men as more sexual abuse, and in women as physical abuse. I don't think kids should be coddled in school; they should also not be subjected to such terrible abuses of any type. It's bullying, pure and simple.