Comments on: Restraining Policies? http://kidminandculture.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/restraining-policies/ Moving Children's Ministry Forward Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:41:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: This Week in Children’s Ministry for 12/16/2009 http://kidminandculture.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/restraining-policies/#comment-781 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:35:22 +0000 http://www.elementalcm.com/2009/12/10/restraining-policies/#comment-781 [...] Does you your ministry need child restraining policies? [...]

]]> By: Henry Zonio http://kidminandculture.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/restraining-policies/#comment-780 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:11:44 +0000 http://www.elementalcm.com/2009/12/10/restraining-policies/#comment-780 Thanks for the suggestions, Larry. I agree that hands-off is best with paging the parent. I wonder what other people's experiences have been?

BTW, it's 911 in Canada, too :)

]]> By: @LShallenberger http://kidminandculture.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/restraining-policies/#comment-779 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:59:18 +0000 http://www.elementalcm.com/2009/12/10/restraining-policies/#comment-779 I'd avoid the contact if at all possible. When I worked in mental health I was trained in non-violent restraint.

There are common sense times to put hands on– your scissors example, breaking up a fight, a child who is about to bolt. But you risk injuring the child and exposing your church to liability.

I would suggest if possible, the parent is paged, and enlisted to restrain or remove the child from the church. And be open to calling 911 (or the Canadian equivalent.)

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