Does Kindergarten Need Cops?
Why Today?s Tots are Terrorizing the Classroom
by Tessa Falk, Dallas Child
Jessica Strength was attacked last fall. Caught in the midst of an all-out brawl, the Arlington mother of two found herself as the unsuspecting victim of a physical assault. As objects were being hurled overhead and tables were overturned, Strength was pinched, kicked and, while trying to fend off and then restrain her attacker, she was even defecated on. Was this a barroom battle gone terribly wrong? Alarmingly enough, no, it was just another day as a parent volunteer in a kindergarten classroom.Read more