How much discipline is too much discipline?

No, this is not a piece on spanking. Well, it could be. I'm getting sidetracked already...

Last week, a 10-year-old girl was tasered because of her unruly behavior. The mom called the cops because she couldn't control her daughter's behavior. Sixty-five pound Kiara Medlock was apparently screaming, crying and apparently didn't want to go to bed.

Surprisingly, the cops responded to the call. They didn't have anything else to do?

Officer Dustin Bradshaw showed up at the residence and saw Kiara behaving in that manner. He told her that she would "go to jail." (Nice work, officer.)

When she didn't respond to that lovely threat, her mother gave the cop permission to taser her daughter. Excuse me? Ok, maybe as a joke. MAYBE. 

But, wait. Then, the cop actually tasers the child. According to smokinggun.com, "the child, not surprisingly, 'immediately stopped resisting and was placed into handcuffs. She would not walk on her own and I (Bradshaw) had to carry her to my police car."

Really? She stopped resisting? She couldn't walk on her own after that? Hmmm... should I be shocked at this point? Should I feel bad for Bradshaw because he had to carry her? 

The father, who does not live with Kiara and her mother, said, "I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this ... If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her, then I don't think you need to be an officer," Medlock told local Ozark 40/29 news. He said his daughter had shown signs of emotional issues, but she "doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog."

He is now seeking sole custody.

Brandie Weikle, editor of parentcentral.com, says, "There have been times I've been alone with my two boys during bedtime when I would have been quite happy for the authorities to show up, flash a badge and speed things along a little. Perhaps a short speech slightly fudging the law ("Now, young man, you KNOW children aren't allowed to be awake past 8 p.m.") would open up a little window of Me Time in the following few evenings. I say this having heard all manner of bedtime inflating excuses from 'I'm lonely' to 'My ear is hot,' 'I forgot to tell you something,' and 'I miss my other jammies.' I haven't called the police. Yet."

I don't have any children of my own, but I'm gonna have to agree.  Tasering a child is not the best way to proceed in proper discipline. Clearly that child is lacking structure. I'm willing to bet that child is lacking in more than just structure... and yes, maybe the child does have something "wrong with her" as they say. And if she did, in fact, have something "wrong with her" then um... fix it? Find the problem? Find the solution? Supernanny, anyone?

At least tend to the child. Electrocuting her won't exactly fill the void she feels.

I'm no Supernanny, but I do know that much.

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