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Home › Politics

Preschool Pot | 03/13/2009 1:30 pm

4-Year-Old Brings Pot to Class

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Parents are fond of saying children grow up too fast — and that’s definitely the case for one Florida family.

Police were called to a Tamarac preschool after a four-year-old pulled a bag of pot from his book bag. "That’s my brother’s weed," the tot reportedly told a classmate, a remark that caught his teacher’s ears.

When she searched his bag, she found two more sacks, which the child said his 21-year-old brother put in his bag for safekeeping. He later said he found it on a table, according to The Miami Herald. The memory really is the first to go.

Police questioned the child’s mother and she insists she had never seen it in her house, nor did she notice it in her son’s bag when she packed his lunch.

Read more about: Drugs, Florida, Four-Year-Old, Marijuana, News, Pot, School, Weed

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shirley adams
SHOW AND TELL?
By shirley adams on 03/13/2009 3:25 pm
Roger from Ohio
share and share alike
By Roger from Ohio on 03/16/2009 5:12 am
Dee T
As a teacher, you’d be amazed at what children bring from home or say what goes on at home. We had a student bring a key ring that was a bachelorette party gift. YOU can guess what it was, with feathers around it and all. This little one had no clue other than it looked pink and pretty to her. Another student told me his mom hurt her back falling out of bed with her boyfriend. He said "they were really noisy, too". So, parents of young school age children- a word of warning: little "eyes and ears" will innocently share info. with their teachers!
By Dee T on 03/13/2009 4:34 pm
CATHY HOLTZ

Yes and teacher ought to watch what they say to students my child’s kindergarden teacher told the whole class she was pregnant when she was at Ella Barnes Elementary School in Corpus Christi AND the father was married and she found out after it was too late sooo no daddy for the baby……WHAT you teachers say and hear out of the babes mouth goes two ways….ooppss.We need to check teachers alittle closer too ,I WAS SOOO mad.

By CATHY HOLTZ on 03/13/2009 10:03 pm
Dee T

I agree, teachers should watch what they say to children as well, but by the situation you described your child would not have understood the details behind the biological father’s and the teacher’s relationship. All was understood was the teacher was going to have a baby. The parents , through gossip, knew the details.There are many babies, even teacher’s, who are born without daddys; the reality of today. We as parents need to watch our reactions when our children tell us things, just as teachers watch their’s. Kids pick up more from reactions than words.

By Dee T on 03/14/2009 5:14 am
RoseMerry Hoffman
Someone needs to listen Sammy Hagar’s ole song, "Three Lock Box". Someone needs a liquor cabinet with a lock on it.
By RoseMerry Hoffman on 03/16/2009 3:05 am
Heather Swartz
The kid didn’t know any better. You do as your taught at that age. That’s really sad I think.. I would never expose my 4 year old sister to something like that. At that age they are so innocent and influenced.!
By Heather Swartz on 03/16/2009 10:03 am