"My family lives in a warm climate where there are lizards out and about even at this time of year, and recently my 8-year-old son "Kevin" caused a disaster with one at school. Last week, I received a call from the principal informing me that Kevin had apparently smuggled a lizard to school and planted it on his teacher, who practically had a panic attack and fell while trying to shake it off before it was ultimately crushed."
"Fortunately, she wasn't seriously injured, but Kevin has now been suspended from school for two weeks. I want to ground Kevin for the next two months, but my husband thinks Kevin's prank was the funniest thing in the world and that he shouldn't be punished for it so long as it isn't repeated. Kevin's teacher could have been seriously injured and a living creature died. How can I convince him of the seriousness of the situation? -A Leaped-on Lizard"
An eight-year-old smuggled a lizard to school and placed it on his teacher, causing her to panic, fall, and the lizard to be crushed. The child received a two-week school suspension. One parent wants a much longer home punishment, while the other parent finds the prank amusing and opposes harsher consequences. The incident posed real physical risk to the teacher and resulted in an animal's death. Parents can reinforce accountability at home through loss of privileges or grounding in addition to the school's disciplinary action to communicate the seriousness of dangerous pranks.
Read at Slate Magazine
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