Reward Program Charges 2nd Graders for Bathroom

[Misfit]

Teacher's Reward Program Charges Second-Graders for Bathroom Breaks | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The mother of a 7-year-old Irving elementary school student says her son wet his pants in class after his teacher refused to let him use the restroom Thursday afternoon.

"I was absolutely appalled," Sonja Cross said. "I could not believe it."

The first-year teacher at J.O. Davis Elementary awards her students with "Boyd Bucks" for good behavior. Going to the bathroom outside of the three scheduled breaks costs two Boyd Bucks per trip.

[Cheeky1]

The teacher had a stupid idea. . .transfering her from a teaching position to a janitorial position may be a fitting solution.

I feel sorry for the kid, though.

[RareBreed]

I have told both my kids from the time they were in preschool. Ask permission to use the bathroom. If the teacher says no and it can't wait, tell him/her that it's an emergency and get up and go use the bathroom. I'd rather them get in trouble for using the bathroom in an emergency without permission than for them to wet/soil their pants in an attempt to hold it.

[drivingdaisy]

So the kid never said he had to go to the restroom? I find that a lot less shocking.

Also I see kids pee their pants all the time. Most aren't mortified and the other kids forget about it in a day. She went to the news over her child peeing his pants, how is that not EXTRA mortifying?

Not that I would use the reward system for going to the bathroom, but when I am teaching I don't let kids just go to the bathroom whenever they want either (unless it really seems to be an emergency) and its not to be mean, but kids will hang out in the bathroom all day if you let them. With time you get to know which students truly might have more bathroom issues and need to go more and which ones just want the break.