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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sarah Left

Nanny state

Tonight Jo Frost - that annoying woman with the stern uniform and the toy confiscation plan - will be back on our tellies, explaining to clueless parents how to stop their out of control offspring running riot.

But one school in Florida has found a better way to deal with tantrums: call the cops. Yes - three (three!) police officers in St Petersburg arrested a five-year-old girl (five!) who went on a bender of a tantrum.

Good Morning America accompanied the story with a picture of the little girl, being cuffed by police before being forced to do the perp walk in front of her classmates. Do they not have naughty steps in Florida?

Over at Marian's blog, an outraged Marian points out that the cuffing the kids is becoming disturbingly commonplace.

Next week: Supernanny - live from the St Petersburg department of education.

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