Posted on 10/01/2016 6:44:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A random act of kindness by an Indiana State Capitol police officer is warming hearts across the state.
Sergeant Precious Cornner-Jones was at a "high five" rally at IPS school 88 this week when a young boy fell on the floor, according to WXIN.
The boy's mother said he was having a bad day and has been expressing himself like this lately.
Jones laid down beside the boy to talk with him.
The boy started to cry, and she was there to wipe away his tears and tell him it would be okay.
“This little fella was having a rough morning and fell out on the floor. I saw his mother step back and look. She stated this is how he is expressing himself lately. I decided to get on his level and talk to him,” she said in a Facebook post.
She said she loves the photo is going viral.
"It makes me happy that people are spreading love," she said. "I've gotten so many positive reactions from this and that the whole purpose of all of this."
Jones said she volunteers a lot with children because she wants to encourage them and help them realize everything they have to offer.
It sounds like he is too young to be in school: he should be at home playing with toys. Our society institutionalizes children way too young.
My mom said I had a temper tantrum on the floor when I was a toddler. When she got down on the floor and copied me, she said I sat up, stared at her and never did it again.
I do get the point of a police officer trying to comfort the boy. Hopefully he won’t get the idea that it’s okay to just lie on the floor when things don’t go his way.
Some children just mature later than others.
My middle son was lucky that he had a teacher who was sensitive to our divorced state.
By the time he left her class - after 1-1/2 years with her,
he was well on his way to just being a normal boy.
Parents are to busy trying to compare their children
to every other child; demanding they behave in ways
way beyond their emotional skill level.
I think that's exactly what we've got here. For an overwhelmed five-year-old, lying on the floor is a lot better than hitting people or breaking things.
And, he was smiling at the officer when he left the building. Such a positive outcome to his bad day will stay with him for a long time.
I think the officer did exactly the right thing.
I think what we have here is a particularly immature 5-year-old boy. Some kids at five --- particularly boys --- shouldn't be in school at all. Delaying a year could make all the difference in the world.
The police officer was empathetic enough to understand and respond appropriately. Perfect, I think.
Great story...
My ex-DIL made my granddaughter terrified of the police by threatening to call them to punish her. She saw a policeman and got hysterical when she was with my son so he just pulled over to him and explained and asked him to talk to her. He talked to her for about 10 minutes and convinced her that policemen were good.
Several months latter my son was stopped for speeding on his way home for Thanksgiving. The officer asked where he was going and my granddaughter, no longer afraid of policemen piped up and said “We’re going to Grandma’s house”. The cop chuckled and said that he couldn’t give a ticket to someone going to Grandma’s house.
Amen!
According to the article this happened at a High-Five rally held at the school. Considering the concept was started by a preacher I’m surprised the usual suspects have not sued the school district. I think BLM will soon demand an end to the rally as well since it is usual to have law enforcement officers participate.
Here is a link an article about the rally.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/06/18/power-high-five-indianapolis/85640174/
Aw, what a cute picture.
As far as I can tell, the point of the event is for students to feel positively about police officers and other authority figures. I think Officer Cornner-Jones’s actions were 100% in support of that goal.
Many forces in his life will try to convince this young boy that all police officers want to shoot him because he’s black. Hopefully he will know better, deep in his guts.
Lol. Maybe the urban police departments might start training their big, bad cops to do that.
ALRIGHT CADETS! BOY ON GROUND, HAVING BAD DAY: HIT THAT GROUND AND CUDDLE THE BOY!!! I MEAN NOW!!!
It's absurd.
I do get the point of a police officer trying to comfort the boy. Hopefully he won’t get the idea that it’s okay to just lie on the floor when things don’t go his way.
I'm glad you're hopeful. We don't know the full story, naturally. I wonder if there was (ever) a dad in the picture.
The cops are supposed to deal with law and order...crime. Comforting a whiny brat? I dunno. No crime, just whine and temper tantrum.
Five years old. My youngest son was 5 only two years ago. They are BABIES. If you want us to be a society where five-year-olds are working down the mines, then just wait for the global socio-economic collapse. They’ll be prostitutes, too.
Aren't immature 5-year-old boys supposed to be disciplined by their parents? Are they to be given a hug because they scream, carry on and drum their heels?
The "appropriate response" to a screaming temper tantrum is a hug?
Five year old boys and girls are already in school! They attend kindergarten. They learn to deal with "no" at that age.
SOME even go to pre-school at four years old.
Do you really think that their teachers do what this cop did? If they did, they wouldn't have their jobs for long.
Sounds to me like there might be MORE of a problem at home and NO amount of "hugging" police officers would help.
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