[DaltonNC]

“Kids do crazy things sometimes. This seems to be one of those cases.”

Kids will hide sometimes if they are being abused. I do not know what happened in this family but it must be investigated.
Children should be told by school teachers and counselor to report any kind of abuse. If we could get they asking for help, we may save a lot of lives. Teachers should know to look for odd behavior and probe further is abuse is suspected. We have no idea how many children out there are abused. Lets ask for help.

[sarasmom]

OK.
And kids should also be encouraged to report abusive behavior by their government teachers.

[Dave W]

Oh brother. That is all we need - intervention by do gooders that have no clue to the truth. Your suggestion has already been tried by government folks in Mass., Washington state and North Carolina. There were many instances of lies and blatant stories that were ridiculous and innocent lives ruined all in the name of protecting children.

WSJ won a Pulitzer in the 90s exposing these lies, but the damage was done.

[octex]

**Children should be told by school teachers and counselor to report any kind of abuse.**

I oppose any type of child abuse, but I oppose even more having government workers indoctrinating children to inform on their parents and becoming involved in the lives of private citizens. Hitler’s era had kids informing on their parents and we certainly don’t need that here in the US.

Obvious signs of physical abuse of a child should be reported to PROPER authorities, but teachers should not be telling the kids to report abuse to them. If the teachers notice signs of abuse on a child, then THEY should notify the proper authorities to investigate, just as a Doctor would. Teachers don’t have the right to glean information from children about their parents or homelife situations.