Sad, but funny!

[Bucks45]

I've mentioned on here before that I'm in law enforcement. Years ago I responded to a call of an unruly female child. I got on the scene and saw my sergeant (now my Chief) getting his ars kicked by a 98 pound, 15 year old girl. She ripped his shirt and kicked him in the privates ! It wasn't that he couldn't defend himself, but he didn't want to hurt this kid. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't get out of the cruiser! He brings it up every chance he gets.

Well, I got paid back today. I went to a call where mom wanted us to talk to her 10 year old son. He wouldn't listen to anything she told him to do. These, unfortunately, are pretty common. They all go the same. Start out by scaring the kid, finish up by building them back up some, and encouraging them to listen to their parents. I asked this kid (he's about 5'2", probably about 140 lbs) to sit on the couch so we can talk. He punches a cabinet and squares off on me . I'm 6'2, 240 lbs. I put my hand on his shoulder and went to escort him to the couch. He swung at me! Went for the face, but hit me in the shoulder. I grabbed his arms and put him up against the couch, hands behind his back. I'm telling him to calm down and he foot stomps me as hard as he can! Now I'm pissed, but don't want to hurt the kid. I put him in a full nelson and I'm yelling at him to calm down. This goes on for about a minute and I tell him that I'm going to let him go and we're going out back to talk. I let him go, he walks straight to the back door and kicks the screen door open. Tore it up pretty good. I'm out back trying everything, threats, talking, you name it. Nothings working and now I think he's just showing off for the neighbors. I tell him we're going back in the house and he say's, "No were not"! Grab him by the arm, get in the kitchen, he turns around and punches me in the face ! This time I slam him up against the sink and cuff him. Take him to the police department and let him sit in the holding cell for about 1/2 hour. Try to talk to him, same attitude! I really didn't want to charge a 10 year old. Mom comes up. I threaten to charge him if I deal with him again. Best part was telling my Chief that I got my ars kicked by a 10 year old.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Well...... I have to snicker a bit but I do that with mixed emotions. I have to give the kid credit for the fight but I blame the parents for that young man's learned behavior

I understand you don't want to hurt the kid....... sad part is....if he keeps it up he may be visiting a cell again in the future....... his parent(s) need to seek assistance

My wife is an instructor and teaches LEO (State level down to constables) Domestic Violence Training on how to handle situations. We have seen this type of action before.

Thank you for not using the the next level up the ladder

 

[Tim Frank]

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I have to give the kid credit for the fight ...

That doesn't sound like you Bob....

 

[barman84]

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Growing up on a military installation taught me several things in life.

Number one rule if you swing at a cop expect to smacked back plan and simple. My best friend thought it would be smart to play around with the SP's on base and some fireworks not a smart idea:redface: we were 12 and bored. While I stopped and got cuffed he on the other hand didn't.

Man his busted nose made a great laugh waiting for our parents to come get us.

 

[Thad]

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The way I see it, you didn't get your ars kicked by a 10 year old. You showed the maturity and ABILITY to use restraint for yourself and not make a bad situation worse.

It is all too easy to use your physical strength, not so easy to use mental strength in over coming that urge.

That boy and his parents must a lot of issues. And although I put a lot of expection on parents, not always is the situation of their own making.

He will undoubtedly find himself on the wrong end of someone that will not be as understanding someday soon I fear.

I for one am proud of you...but the ribbing must continue...

you got your ars kicked, you got your ars kicked

 

[bruceb58]

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Just wait...you will have more calls at that house I bet. Problem is...he is going to get bigger.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Just wait...you will have more calls at that house I bet. Problem is...he is going to get bigger.

Let's hope he gets straightened out before he becomes a America's Most Wanted or highlighted on America's Dumbest Criminals


Yup, I give the kid credit for taking on a person twice his weight and armed I did not say he was going to be a Jeopardy contestant.......

 

[HopeSheFloats]

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..... This goes on for about a minute and I tell him that I'm going to let him go and we're going out back to talk....

When I was a young'un acting all smart, my dad always took me out back 'to talk', tho he never did say anything

My wife and I are in our fifties and we never had kids, but it amazes us how some folks put up with a total lack of respect from their children{or those in their care}, maybe someday we'll regret not having any, but, then again...

Kudos for your control.

 

[ezmobee]

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More sad than funny unfortunately. Talk about complete failures as parents. Sheesh, to have to call the cops to discipline your YOUNG child. Wow. And then for him to be THAT out of control....

 

[rbh]

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No father in the picture anymore???
Single mom's have it pretty rough at times.

 

[axeslinger1957]

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Now I'm pissed, but don't want to hurt the kid. I put him in a full nelson and I'm yelling at him to calm down. This goes on for about a minute and I tell him that I'm going to let him go and we're going out back to talk. I let him go, he walks straight to the back door and kicks the screen door open. Tore it up pretty good. I'm out back trying everything, threats, talking, you name it. Nothings working and now I think he's just showing off for the neighbors. I tell him we're going back in the house and he say's, "No were not"! Grab him by the arm, get in the kitchen, he turns around and punches me in the face ! This time I slam him up against the sink and cuff him. Take him to the police department and let him sit in the holding cell for about 1/2 hour. Try to talk to him, same attitude! I really didn't want to charge a 10 year old. Mom comes up. I threaten to charge him if I deal with him again. Best part was telling my Chief that I got my ars kicked by a 10 year old.

Bucks, your restraint is admirable, and I salute it. It's time to lower the boom on this problem child, though, so his "tantrums" don't get worse as he gets bigger.

 

[Dave Barnett]

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Let's hope he gets straightened out before he becomes a America's Most Wanted or highlighted on America's Dumbest Criminals


Yup, I give the kid credit for taking on a person twice his weight and armed I did not say he was going to be a Jeopardy contestant.......

The Kids 10 yrs old. He knows he is a kid and is betting that the adult WONT fight back on a "matched level". This kid needs his parents to stop sparring the rod and family services to ignore it. I don't care how hard you try you cannot always "talk" to a child. If The parents could heat his backside up real good and outside influences didn't intervene, this kid would learn the respect he should have. Parents must have the intelligence to deliver physical punishment though. If they go nuts and escalate a whipping into a violent beating then all is lost. I Pray for people in these situations, and I thank GOD that I had a good strict christian upbringing. My wife and I used these same morals and principles to raise our own kids and although it wasn't much loved at the time they respect and love their mother and I and we have a close loving family.

 

[Bucks45]

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You guys are right, it is sad. I don't think dad is anywhere in the picture. She had two other kids, but they seemed to be fine. It's a pretty bad neighborhood. The neighbor came up to me before I left, he told me that she does the best she can with the kids, but this one is just "bad"! I told my Chief that I hope the kid moves before he's 17 or 18. It will be a lot worse than if something doesn't change. My son's 18, he's 6'1" and about 225 lbs. All I have to do is look at him and he stops what he's doing. We've worked really hard with our kids, but we're blessed to have good ones.

 

[ehenry]

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Its a sad state of affairs when adults dont want to take responsibility for the children they brought in to this world. They call law enforcement to deal with a 10 year old. Thats pittiful. LEO's have way more important things to deal with and take care of than to go deal with someones child that the parent didnt raise proper and get the kids attention when they were young.

The problem is not the child! Its the parent and what society has become....but then again our society has brought this on ourselves. You punish or give your child a whipping and some bleeding heart liberal teacher at school sees a scratch or red mark and screams child abuse and the law is after YOU.

 

[Summer Fun]

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Thats why lions eat their young ..... Problem solved !!.

 

[solar7647]

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First .....thats a big a** 10yr old, I was probly half that size at 10.

No father in the picture anymore???
Single mom's have it pretty rough at times.

Your are correct single moms do have it hard! I personally dont feel thats any excuse for such acts from a child though.

My mother raised 3 by her self on bar tender wages! So hard dosent even begin to discribe it.......but we would never in a million years act like that.

My mother would knock us in place if the act was bad enough to deserve it as well as i am sure some of your guys parents did as well, and an act like that would do it. The police have more import things to tend to then a kid not listening to a parent.

But my mother played with our minds about it, if we messed up she would yell and so on and you would think that was it and carry on.........then 3,4 or 5 hours leter when she would calm down she would catch us when we least expected it. No words just wap..... up side the back of the head! She would shoot us the evil eye and you knew you messed up pretty good. And if we got grounded every thing but cloths and furinture came out of the room. We were only allowed to read.

MO...this comes down to the veiw society has on how to diciplin a child these days. There are just some things time outs and all that crap dosnt work for. Its important a child learns there are equal consequences for there actions and when they dont you get these kids that think they can do what they want when they wont and no one can do anything.

Dont get me wrong I am not suggesting every kid needs that kind of punishment, every kid is differant and they all have what works for them..but when it dosnt work any more find something that does and if is a slap in the back of the head or a hand across the butt theres nothing wrong with it.

 

[mikel1291979]

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I actually own a daycare center and am shocked at how some of these YOUNG kids have no respect for authority. Its not their fault, and I try to remember that when dealing with them. You see it in the parents when they tell a kid to stop doing something, or start doing something and the kid totally ignores them. Then the parent threatens the kid SEVERAL times. Kid still ignores them and the threats keep coming....and coming... but nothing happens. Whats wrong with these people??
We have 1 child that is so good sometimes I secretly wish she would mess up just to see what that would be like. We decided even before she was born on what our parenting technique would be.
Starting from day 1 she had to know there were boundaries and consequences for crossing them. If we told her she would get spanked, or grounded for doing something/not something and she did/didnt then she would get spanked or grounded. Simple as that. Do what you say and say what you do.

 

[PGFISHER]

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At 65 I'm still the wild man of the family. Put my mom through hell when I was a kid. Not in trouble with the law, (mom taught us respect for authority), but I was the one who ran away from home, drank, smoked, and just did all the stupid kid things. Took her belt across my but more than my brother and all my cousins combined. I appologised to my mom in later years, but she said that she actually had high hopes for the rebel kid, and expected great things for one so independent. I watched other kids grow up with no respect, and thanked her for the judiciously applied strap.

 

[dave11]

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Just wait...you will have more calls at that house I bet. Problem is...he is going to get bigger.

That is one BIG 10 yr old kid. Not is he going to get bigger, my guess is that he will also get badder, and probably sooner than later.

Didn"t Elvis write a song about a kid like this?

 

[avenger79]

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a 10 yr old kid who has no fear of police and is willing to take a swing at an LEO is almost guarranteed a later trip to juvey and then prison.

the worst part is after being "shown" who was boss in a nice manner he still was willing to go at you. I won't take the blame the parents route but I will say I agree with you in that I hope for your sake he moves. not out of your safety more out of just having to deal with a problem you know is coming.