"The Preschool Brawl"

Yesterday, when I picked my 4 year old up from preschool, I was asked to sign an incident report for him fighting.

I was so mad at him.

It said that he had some kid in a headlock, was punching him, and the kids friend jumped on my son to pull him off and scratched him (my son got scratched).

I told my 4 year old that if he was fighting he deserved to be scratched. That was before I found out how it all transpired.

I asked my son why he jumped on this other kid. He said, "Daddy said to never hurt girls." I said that was right. He said, and I'm going to make up names, "Jason was hurting Emily's arm. He was fighting with her, and she's my friend Mommy. I didn't want him to hurt her anymore."

So, my son tackled this boy, put him in a headlock and started punching him in the gut (from what I understand). I think he only hit him twice. I was all prepared to ground him, for his first time.

How can I ground him for doing something that his daddy and mommy told him to do. We've always told him that if someone is hurting a girl, stop them and hurt them back. We didn't think he would take it that literally at the age of 4. We were talking about down the road.

Apparently, there were 4 kids rolling around on the ground fighting by the time this was through.

I can honestly say that I would have paid big bucks to see that fight. There's just something about a preschool brawl that's funny to me. I don't condone fighting at all, but was this one excusable?

Of course, I told my son that he didn't handle it the best way. I was proud of him for protecting that little girl, but next time he needs to just tell the teacher that someone is hurting her.

Did I handle this right?

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"The Madeline McCann Case 2"

I have still been hearing things here and there about this poor little girl, Madeline McCann that went missing from a "hotel room" in Portugal on May 3, 2007. If you are not familiar with this case, click HERE to read more.

It really saddens me that there has been so much controversy surrounding her disappearance.

At the same time, I guess the publicity is good for the case.

I have gone back and forth on whether or not I think the parents are involved in her disappearance.

There was a time that I was completely convinced that they did it. The forensic evidence surrounding the car that they rented after she disappeared was a clincher for me.

Now, after watching recent videos of the parents pleading with people, I wonder how they could possibly be involved and sound so sincere.

Are they just really good actors or were they responsible? What's your opinion?

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