Reply #13: I think that maybe it's the mother that needs

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the paddling. I have a 5 year old girl and she know better than to ever act out like that. In my experience raising children is not rocket science. You absolutley MUST set boundries AND stick to them without exeption. I have many friends w/kids close to the age of mine that have major problems w/ behavior and almost without exeption I see they made the problems for themselves by the way they handle their kids. If the mother doesn't want the child diciplined at school she needs to be readily available to come to school and deal w/it herself.