6-year-old brings marijuana to school, fundies say "what is this world coming to"

[lotrfan55345]

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040501/NEWS01/405010341/1002

It's either kids arent innocent anymore OR he is just "being a boy".

Is it really his fault/ or should he be punished?

[Strife]

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040501/NEWS01/405010341/1002

It's either kids arent innocent anymore OR he is just "being a boy".

Is it really his fault/ or should he be punished?

I think everyone is just over exaggerating. Seriously, the kid just wanted attention from his peers, so he decided to bring it with him. It's like us when we were children, for example. One day I find a cricket and think, "wow, i should bring this to school, i'll get the spotlight." Except, you don't smoke a bug, and it's also not a drug. You think a kindergarden'r would want to possibly smoke a joint in school and pull other children into the trend? Bs.

[DarkAce]

I'd side with these 'fundies'. What is this world coming too when a 6 year old child knows what marijuana is and tried to impress his peers with it? I believe he should be punished, not anything severe like expulsion but punished nonetheless.

[Treehugginhippy]

That poor kid, he knew what it was, but I hardly expect he was planning on using it. This reminds me of a story I heard once when a kid bought in a huge wad of faked money that his granddad had printed, he had it for show and tell. The boy with the marijuana just wanted to show off, he should just be told its a bad thing to have, he's too young to be punished for something he doesn't really understand.

[lotrfan55345]

He should be told that marijuana is bad for you, and have a long long talk with his parents, but I think that the therapy centers are wayyy to harsh/

[DarkAce]

He should be punished so that he understands it's wrong. You don't turn a blind eye to something like this. Actions have consequences. When the 6 year old boy brought a gun to school to show it off to his peers he ended up shooting and killing a little girl.
Should that child not be punished because he didn't understand guns are bad mmmmkay? I'd let the parents of the little girl decide that one. This incident is carelessness on someone's behalf, who's exactly is hard to tell. If I was a parent I'd shutter at the thought of having to give my kids the "drugs are bad" talk at the age of 6.

[Strife]

He should be told that marijuana is bad for you, and have a long long talk with his parents, but I think that the therapy centers are wayyy to harsh/

The long talk with the parents is what's REALLY required, and like you said, the therapy is over doing it for his age.


He should be punished so that he understands it's wrong. You don't turn a blind eye to something like this. Actions have consequences. When the 6 year old boy brought a gun to school to show it off to his peers he ended up shooting and killing a little girl.
Should that child not be punished because he didn't understand guns are bad mmmmkay? I'd let the parents of the little girl decide that one. This incident is carelessness on someone's behalf, who's exactly is hard to tell. If I was a parent I'd shutter at the thought of having to give my kids the "drugs are bad" talk at the age of 6.


Turn a blind eye to this? Your missing the point, it's a child, Kindergarden!

Honestly, if you have a child, he/she finds a ciggarette on the floor and brings it to school, what* does that have to do with the boy being careless? Run back to the source. It was never the kids intention of one day saying that he would decide to do it. If I dropped $20 dollars out of my pocket by mistake and a child takes it, whos fault is it for that $20 to be there in the first place?

[DarkAce]

I've not missed the point. Wrong is wrong regardless if it's a child or not. Exceptions could be made if they didn't understand what they were doing but apparently the kid knew what it was.
That's the problem here. He knew what it was and tried to 'impress' his friends with it.
All your examples are irrelevant because they imply that the child didn't know/understand what they were doing.
When a 6 year old child knows how marijuana looks and what it is and thinks it's cool and trys to 'impress' his friends with it there might possibly be something wrong with the child. None of us know the child's past or anything so I wouldn't rule out getting the child therapy. He could have a history of violent behaviour, who knows.

[Strife]

Nevermind DarkAce, but it never mentions that the boy tried to 'impress' his friends, those are just our assumptions, mwuahah!

You think he SHOULD get punished, I think he shouldnt. Like you said, " None of us know the child's past or anything so I wouldn't rule out getting the child therapy." Let's leave it at that.

[DarkAce]

You think he SHOULD get punished, I think he shouldnt. Like you said, " None of us know the child's past or anything so I wouldn't rule out getting the child therapy." Let's leave it at that.

My quote was directed towards the form of punishment he should receive for his actions. I still firmly believe he should be punished. Just because we don't know his past doesn't mean he's in the clear, just means we don't know to what lenghs of severity the punishment should be.