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Apparently a "time out" isn't cutting it anymore.
A 9-year-old girl in Indianapolis was arrested and charged with
batterylast weekend after her mother called police and reported she
had punched her 6-year-old sister in the head, Fox 59 reports.
Andrea Stumpf, the girls' mother, filmed the incident and showed the
responding officer, according to WTHR. That officer then "made the
decision to arrest,"
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Officer Rafael
Diaz told Fox 59.
Rick Whitten, executive director of Boys and Girls Clubs of
Indianapolis, spoke with the station about the significance of keeping
children out of the criminal justice system if possible.
"We know that the younger kids get involved in the juvenile justice
system, the more likely they are to keep getting involved with the
system," he said.
Earlier this year, a father in Wisconsin incited criticism and mockery
after he filed for a restraining order against a 5-year-old boyhe
said was bullying his daughter.
In Canada, however, officials took a more moderate approach to child
discipline in September after a pajama-clad 9-year- old boy stole a
city busand took it on a three block joyride. Because of his young
age, they opted not to charge him.
Credit: Huffington Post
